pickaxes
- plural of pickax.
Example Sentences
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Rescuers used what tools they could scrounge — shovels, hoes, pickaxes, their bare hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The diggers, armed with pickaxes, arrived almost overnight.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Escaping workers left roof tiles neatly stacked; their pots of lime mortar are still filled, waiting to be used; their trowels and pickaxes remain, although the wooden handles have long since rotted away.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024
In scorching heat, they attacked solid ground with pickaxes and hoes before carefully tucking the seedlings into the earth.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
The Huntsman knocked the pickaxes straight to the ground with his own axe.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
