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pick-axe

pick-axe is the alternative spelling of pickaxe.

Meaning of pickaxe

Noun

pickaxe (plural pickaxes)

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
    • He was mining stone using a pickaxe.

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Forms of pick-axe

pluralpick-axes

Questions about pick-axe

What is pick-axe the alternative spelling of?
Pick-axe is the alternative spelling of pickaxe.

Words near pick-axe in the dictionary

  1. Pick's disease
  2. pick-and-mix
  3. pick-and-pick
  4. pick-and-sort
  5. pick-at-will
  6. pick-axe
  7. pick-axes
  8. pick-by-order
  9. pick-by-vision
  10. pick-by-voice
  11. pick-fault

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