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Pickaxe

A pickaxe (American spelling: pickax), pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for digging. Its head is typically metal, attached perpendicularly to a longer handle, traditionally made of wood, occasionally metal, and increasingly fiberglass.

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Classification
Digging tool
Other names
Pick, pickax
Related
Mattock
Types
Railroad pick, miner's pick

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Pickaxe

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples26
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Pickaxe

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related to Etymology · 9
Pickaxe → Anglo-Norman, English, Latin, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Old French, The, The Oxford Dictionary, Though
related to As a weapon · 8
Pickaxe → American, Georgia, In The Grapes, John Steinbeck, Lester Maddox, Over, The, Wrath
related to history · 2
Pickaxe → During, In
Classification · 1
Pickaxe → Digging tool
Other names · 1
Pickaxe → Pick, pickax
Related · 1
Pickaxe → Mattock
Types · 1
Pickaxe → Railroad pick, miner's pick
is a · 1
Pickaxe → folk etymology alteration of Middle English picas via Anglo-Norman piceis

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used pick end mattock axe head tool handle times pointed one sometimes made blade longer weapon also pickax digging prehistoric

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PickaxeClassificationDigging tool1.00infobox
PickaxeOther namesPick, pickax1.00infobox
PickaxeRelatedMattock1.00infobox
PickaxeTypesRailroad pick, miner's pick1.00infobox
Pickaxeis afolk etymology alteration of Middle English picas via Anglo-Norman piceis0.90text
the ploughinstance ofpicks have evolved into other tools0.80text
the mattockinstance ofpicks have evolved into other tools0.80text
Pickaxerelated to As a weaponThe0.60section
Pickaxerelated to As a weaponOver0.60section
Pickaxerelated to As a weaponIn The Grapes0.60section
Pickaxerelated to As a weaponWrath0.60section
Pickaxerelated to As a weaponJohn Steinbeck0.60section

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