noun
Meaning 1
A pointed tool, shaped like an awl, used for breaking ice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
icepick
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noun
Meaning 2
A type of narrow and deep atrophic (indented) acne scar that resembles a puncture in the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atrophic scar
verb
Meaning 3
To break or stab with an icepick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ice pick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pick
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: нож для колкі лёду (nož dlja kólki ljódu) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Bulgarian: шило за лед (šilo za led) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Chinese Mandarin: 碎冰錐 /碎冰锥 (suìbīngzhuī) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰鑹 /冰镩 (bīngcuān) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Czech: sekáček na led — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Danish: issyl — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Dutch: ijspriem — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Estonian: tuur — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Finnish: naskali — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- French: pic à glace — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- German: Eispick — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Ingrian: tuura — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Irish: bior oighir — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Italian: punteruolo da ghiaccio — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Japanese: アイスピック (aisupikku) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- K'iche': ukech' tew — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Komi-Zyrian: пыридз (pyridź) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Malay: pemecah ais — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Eastern Mari: нӱске (nüske) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Polish: szpikulec — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Portuguese: picador de gelo — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Portuguese: quebrador de gelo — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Russian: пе́стик для ко́лки льда́ (péstik dlja kólki lʹdá) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Russian: пешня (pešnja) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Serbo-Croatian: шиљак за лед — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Serbo-Croatian: šiljak za led — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Spanish: punzón de hielo — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Spanish: picahielos — a pointed tool used for breaking ice
- Udmurt: пырич (pyrić) — a pointed tool used for breaking ice