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Noun: pickaxe  pi-kaks
  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
    "they used pickaxes and sledges to break the rocks"
    - pick, pickax [US]

Type of: edge tool

Encyclopedia: Pickaxe

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