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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.
History, As a weapon & Etymology
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickaxe | Classification | Digging tool | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pickaxe | Other names | Pick, pickax | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pickaxe | Related | Mattock | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pickaxe | Types | Railroad pick, miner's pick | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pickaxe | is a | folk etymology alteration of Middle English picas via Anglo-Norman piceis | 0.90 | text |
| the plough | instance of | picks have evolved into other tools | 0.80 | text |
| the mattock | instance of | picks have evolved into other tools | 0.80 | text |
| Pickaxe | related to As a weapon | The | 0.60 | section |
| Pickaxe | related to As a weapon | Over | 0.60 | section |
| Pickaxe | related to As a weapon | In The Grapes | 0.60 | section |
| Pickaxe | related to As a weapon | Wrath | 0.60 | section |
| Pickaxe | related to As a weapon | John Steinbeck | 0.60 | section |
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