Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mattock

1 sense of mattock

Sense 1
mattock -- (a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle)
       => pick, pickax, pickaxe -- (a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks")