pickax
Rock-breaking implement
A pickax is a hand tool with a heavy metal head mounted on a wooden handle, used for breaking up hard ground, rock, or pavement.
One end of the head is pointed, the other typically flattened like a chisel.
The tool is associated with mining, construction, and manual labor: The workers swung pickaxes at the frozen earth.
Also spelled pickaxe.
Metal-bearing rock
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
diamond · miner · shaft · tunnel · vein · blast · prospecting · geology
Unearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- excavationAct of unearthing
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
grid · survey · tomb · stratigraphy · potsherd · relic · trench · fossil
Part for gripping
- mattockTwo-bladed digging implement
- headUppermost body part
- spikeSharp rise or point
- pointExact location or meaning
blade · swing · heft · wedge · adze · sledgehammer · crowbar · chisel
ore
Metal-bearing rock
copper · diamond · miner · shaft · tunnel · vein · blast · prospecting · geology · minerals
dig
Unearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- excavationAct of unearthing
trowel · grid · survey · tomb · stratigraphy · potsherd · relic · trench · fossil · prehistoric
handle
Part for gripping
point · blade · swing · heft · wedge · adze · sledgehammer · crowbar · chisel · iron
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
crack · split · crumble · chip · rubble · concrete · pavement · stone · debris · force
ice
Water's solid form
glacier · crevasse · alpinist · ascent · belay · altitude · anchor · self-arrest · slope · grip
- frontier gearax, axe, canteen, covered wagon, hatchet
pickaxshovel
Tool for moving earth
spade · scoop · bucket · wheelbarrow · trowel
pickaxcement mixer
Rotating construction blending machine
welding torch · nail gun · hammer · glue gun
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