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# How to pronounce "pickaxes" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/pɪkkæksɛs/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **pi·cka·xes**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: third-person singular simple present indicative of pickax

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "pickaxes" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "And against all odds. They are searching for what rescue workers call the miracle. Pickaxes, shovels, power tools, generators, fuel. It was mostly just ordinary people who managed to get these tools and put them in rescuers' hands. I'm not saying the government didn't bring any, but I haven't seen them."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9YKXCUCjpE&t=44s)

### Example 2
> "After a three-hour hike, Heidi and her group have arrived at a point where the terrain gets even more challenging, and the climbers have to dig in their krampons and pickaxes. Then Heidi decides it's too risky. Yeah. From from here and farther up, it must be a problem to walk with"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 22:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulGEXQynkjU&t=1343s)

### Example 3
> "dresses spades matics shovels pickaxes trowels rakes etc"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 99:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kStNLrNnJt4&t=5973s)

### Example 4
> "So grab your pickaxes and let’s dig in!"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8HOTPIXXgI&t=34s)

### Example 5
> "And there could be foam pickaxes."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJsxDkmMq7I&t=91s)

### Example 6
> "Ro they're using crobos hammers to break those larger Boulders and then those pickaxes to dig materials out they have lowered this level by 47 CM the goal is to lower for or Thor's"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uzazu-ZpgM&t=164s)

### Example 7
> "me the doctor sent back gray for one of the pickaxes deserted in their flight by the mutineers and then as we proceeded leisurely downhill to where the boats"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 365:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRH0C-CRPuc&t=21905s)

### Example 8
> "And they were carved in volcanic rock with pickaxes."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sdBFqIsX1Q&t=2225s)

### Example 9
> "And then eventually you get to make things like pickaxes, for instance-- so giving some context to what the players are doing."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 49:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SHXUwpVgXU&t=2959s)

### Example 10
> "rubble who think that the government should have done more in this case. When I've been out and about, I have seen police and military on the streets, but I've heard residents say, "Where are the pickaxes? Why aren't you searching through these buildings?" And then of course, people have lost their homes, and I've seen a real kind of grassroots effort to provide things like clothing,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cNPZB2Qfas&t=474s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [pickaxe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pickaxe), [pickaxed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pickaxed), [pickaxer](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pickaxer), [pickax](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pickax), [pickles](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pickles), [pic](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pic), [pica](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pica), [picabian](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/picabian)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "pickaxes" correctly?
"pickaxes" is pronounced `/pɪkkæksɛs/`. Syllable breakdown: **pi·cka·xes**.

### What does "pickaxes" mean in context?
third-person singular simple present indicative of pickax

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