butcher knife

Noun

Meaning

a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cleaver knife jackknife butter knife kitchen knife fillet knife butcher's knife knife for mincing food knife used for cutting up the meat knife for mincing knife for mincing meat knife used at meals knife used for flaying game knife for chopping meat knife for cutting cooked food
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Antonyms

spoon

Hypernyms

knife

Examples

One of the men produces a double-edged butcher knife, and as the two men pass it back and forth between them, the narrator tells us that "K. knew then precisely, that it would have been his duty to take the knife. Source: Internet

After that, he said Miskell grabbed a butcher knife, and he ran and locked himself in the bathroom. Source: Internet

When he discovered a knife in a toolbox, the officer handcuffed the driver and later reported that the driver "wore and carried a butcher knife, a dangerous, deadly weapon, concealed upon and about his person." Source: Internet

In the fields and forests, Audubon wore typical frontier clothes and moccasins, having "a ball pouch, a buffalo horn filled with gunpowder, a butcher knife, and a tomahawk on his belt." Source: Internet

Immediately after Barrymore slashed her wrists with a butcher knife, a friend entered the apartment and rushed her to the hospital. Source: Internet

It is used mostly for hacking through bones as a kitchen knife or butcher knife, and can also be used for crushing via its broad side, typically garlic. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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