carving knife

Noun

Meaning

a large knife used to carve cooked meat

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

carving-knife

Synonyms

carver drawknife paring knife chopping block cutting tongue double-edged knife double-edged sword knife for carving meat knife for mincing large knife knife for chopping meat carpet knife fillet knife barbed harpoon knife used for general purposes

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Hypernyms

knife

Examples

The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the carving knife and serving dish; we are the fish and the meat. Sun Yat-sen

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness. Graeme Le Saux

The calf isn't even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife. Lithuanian Proverb

But it ends, after a celebratory dinner, with him belligerent, drunk, and stumbling home to his bed, where he is brutally stabbed to death with a carving knife. Source: Internet

Dad was poking around in a cabinet, searching for his electric carving knife. Source: Internet

She then hammers in various-size knives for each award, including a giant carving knife for “Best Feature” and a small dagger for “Best Short.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carving board carving fork carving gouge carving of presidents carving on wood carving up