scalpel

Noun

Meaning

A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

coulter lance sabre ripper cleaver shank shiv lancet cutlass knife chisel hatchet scythe bodkin bolo
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Antonyms

blunt spoon

Hypernyms

surgical knife

Phrases with the word

scalpel conization scalpel cone biopsy

Examples

The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat. Vernor Vinge

A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch. Michael Ondaatje

Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel. Jay Samit

After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge. Richard Matheson

I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a surgeon with a scalpel for false values. Lenny Bruce

I myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. Irving Penn

Close letter words and terms

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