How to pronounce mattock
American English pronunciation
MAT-uk
- IPA
- /ˈmætək/
- Syllables
- MAT · uk (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mattock means
A digging tool like a pickaxe with a wide flat blade
In a sentence: Dad used a mattock to break up the hard dirt for the new garden.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English mattuc, a digging tool, from a very old word meaning to cut.
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