piqueta — meaning in English

English meaning

• chisel noun A hand tool with a sharp flat edge, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
• pick verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
• pickaxe noun A heavy tool with a pointed metal head on a long handle, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.

Senses

piqueta is used for these senses in English:

• chisel A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
• pick A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
• pick A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
• pickaxe A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
• tent peg A peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent.

chisel — full definition

1. noun A hand tool with a sharp flat edge, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
2. verb To carve or shape material using a chisel.
3. verb Informal: to cheat or trick someone out of something, or to gradually erode something.

pick — full definition

1. verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
2. verb To gather or harvest, especially fruit, by pulling it from where it grows.
3. verb To pull at something repeatedly, often with the fingers.
4. verb To open a lock without the proper key, using a thin tool.
5. noun A pointed tool used for digging or breaking up hard ground; a pickaxe.

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