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Meanings of pickax in English

Portuguese
picareta
Catalan
pic
Spanish
pico
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A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.

picareta
Synonyms
Examples for "pick"
Examples for "pick"
1
Preval said he would ask parliament to pick a new prime minister.
Reuters
2
Let's use an example: Say you pick a V4 as your project.
Climbing Magazine
3
Australia's government has said it will make its submarine pick this year.
Reuters
4
This week, Modi will form his government and pick his foreign ministers.
The Guardian
5
However, analysts said the scale of December's pick-up put this in doubt.
The Irish Times
1
He was holding a long pickaxe in the piolet en canard position.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
The pickaxe is looked upon with the utmost veneration by the tribe.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
3
You need a pickaxe to keep your place in a Roman queue.
Neither here nor there: travels in europe
4
Then take hold of this pickaxe, and see how you like it.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
5
Diamond having neither pickaxe nor spade, had the more time to think.
At the Back of the North Wind
Usage of pickax in English
1
He had solved the zombie problem with judicious use of a pickax.
Monster Hunter International
2
Some sites recommended a pitchfork to turn the soil, others a pickax.
Stories: all-new tales
3
Wesley sees I aim not to budge and reaches for the pickax.
Burning bright
4
Before her father could argue, Ramsey Tucker appeared, armed with a pickax.
Frontier courtship
5
He then ordered Sam to seize the pickax and proceed to work.
The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
6
My pickax wasn't made for armor, and Cotter was a big man.
Honour's Knight
7
He carried a flashlight in one hand and a pickax in the other.
Sword of god
8
We might want to bring a pickax and maybe a shovel or two.
Hearts of grey
9
The bent old graybeard, who wielded a pickax with a young man's strength?
A river in the sky
10
She stalked from the mine shaft, pickax dangling from her hand.
Crown of Midnight
11
Each word was like a pickax striking him between the eyes.
Avalon
12
The security guard, a lean black man, came at him like a pickax.
A beautiful place to die
13
He let out a loud yelp as he dropped the pickax to the floor.
Sword of god
14
He could not place him, until he saw the pickax hanging from his saddlebags.
Wizardborn
15
He watched with wild eyes the fatal pickax ravage by degrees his beloved garden.
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
16
A spade and a pickax leaned against the back wall.
Doctor Sleep
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Translations for pickax
Portuguese
picareta
Catalan
pic
Spanish
pico
Pickax through the time
Pickax across language varieties
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