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Pickaxe

//ˈpɪkˌæks// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To use a pickaxe.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.

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