pickaxe
Miner's pointed tool
A pickaxe is a hand tool with a long wooden handle and a head that typically has a pointed end and a chisel end, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.
The pointed end loosens material; the chisel end pries it apart.
Workers swung pickaxes to break through the frozen soil.
Also spelled pickax.
Part for gripping
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- headUppermost body part
- metalHard conductive solid
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
iron · point · blade · wedge · grip · swing · forge · blacksmith
Two-bladed digging implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- rakeTined yard implement
tilling · digging · breaking · soil · root · stump · landscaping · hardpan
Metal-bearing rock
- goldElement seventy-nine
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
tunnel · vein · miner · prospecting · quarry · extraction · diamond · copper
Solid earthen material
- strataParallel geological layers
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- geodeCrystal-lined rock cavity
granite · basalt · sediment · crystal · mineral · schist · gabbro · igneous
Created without prior planning
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- combatArmed hostile engagement
bludgeon · spike · Minecraft · videogame · fantasy · dwarf · survival · zombie
handle
Part for gripping
steel · iron · point · blade · wedge · grip · swing · forge · blacksmith · sharpen
mattock
Two-bladed digging implement
rake · tilling · digging · breaking · soil · root · stump · landscaping · hardpan · cultivating
ore
Metal-bearing rock
shaft · tunnel · vein · miner · prospecting · quarry · extraction · diamond · copper · iron
rock
Solid earthen material
geode · granite · basalt · sediment · crystal · mineral · schist · gabbro · igneous · metamorphic
improvised
Created without prior planning
combat · bludgeon · spike · Minecraft · videogame · fantasy · dwarf · survival · zombie · self-defense
digging
Removing earth below
trenching · tunneling · quarrying · soil · bedrock · rubble · breaking · chipping · foundation · grading
excavate
Remove earth systematically
ruins · tomb · stratigraphy · trowel · ancient · temple · pyramid · ziggurat · burial · layer
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- digging toolsshovel, spade, mattock, hoe, trowel
- mining townsaloon, general store, mine shaft, gold pan, prospector
- demolition toolswrecking ball, jackhammer, sledgehammer, crowbar, pry bar
- Mining Heritagecolliery, coal town, mining town, mining settlement, mining camp
- quarryingquarry, quarryman, quarry worker, quarrying, stone blocks