mattock
(noun) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mattock (plural mattocks)
An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
mattock (third-person singular simple present mattocks, present participle mattocking, simple past and past participle mattocked)
To cut or dig with a mattock.
Source: Wiktionary
Mat"tock, n. Etym: [AS. mattuc; cf. W. matog.]
Definition: 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. 'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
