mattock

Speech parts

1. mattock - Noun

2. mattock - Verb

Meaning

An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hoe pick pickaxe grub hoe spade arbor coulter gill tomahawk cleaver arbour tool knife chisel hatchet
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Antonyms

spoon

Hypernyms

pick pickaxe pickax

Examples

Sent our workmen to it with a spade and Mattock.” Source: Internet

However, I believe, we should not worry that much, because firing a modern howitzer requires more knowledge than using a mattock! Source: Internet

When I was a child, my grandfather would go to work early in the morning with his spade and mattock. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Mattis Mattison mattness Mattocks mattoid mattoir