knife : Idioms & Phrases

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Balance knife

  • a carving or table knife the handle of which overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact with the table.
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bolo knife

  • noun long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
    bolo.
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bowie knife

  • noun a stout hunting knife with a single edge
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Bow"ie knife`
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  1. A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.
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bread knife

  • noun a knife used to cut bread
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butcher knife

  • noun a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
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butter knife

  • noun a small knife with a dull blade; for cutting or spreading butter
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carving knife

  • noun a large knife used to carve cooked meat
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case knife

  • noun a metal blade with a handle; used as cutlery
  • noun a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath
    case knife.
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Case" knife` noun
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  1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison.
  2. A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.
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Chopping knife

  • a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.
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Clasp knife

  • noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
    jackknife.
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  • a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.
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Dirk knife

  • a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.
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Drawing knife

  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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dutch case-knife bean

  • noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
    runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean; Phaseolus multiflorus.
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fish knife

  • noun a small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish
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Flake knife

  • (Archæol.), a cutting instrument used by savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone. Tylor.
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flick knife

  • noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
    flick knife; switchblade; flick-knife.
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flick-knife

  • noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
    flick knife; switchblade; flick-knife.
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Hay knife

  • a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow.
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hunting knife

  • noun a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip
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knife blade

  • noun the blade of a knife
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knife edge

  • noun the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife
    cutting edge.
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knife fight

  • noun fighting with knives
    cut-and-thrust; snickersnee.
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Knife grass

  • (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife.
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knife pleat

  • noun a single pleat turned in one direction
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knife thrust

  • noun a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
    thrust; stab.
    • one strong stab to the heart killed him
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knife-edge

  • noun a narrow boundary
    • he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity
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knife-handle

  • noun marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell
    razor clam; jackknife clam.
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linoleum knife

  • noun a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum
    linoleum cutter.
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Palette knife

  • noun a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints
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  • a knife with a very flexible steel blade and no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.
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paper knife

  • noun dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books
    letter opener; paperknife.
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paring knife

  • noun a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables
    parer.
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pocket knife

  • noun a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket
    pocketknife.
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Pruning hook, ∨ Pruning knife

  • cutting instrument used in pruning trees, etc.
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pruning knife

  • noun a knife with a curved or hooked blade
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putty knife

  • noun a spatula used to mix or apply putty
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Race knife

  • a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, used in shipbuilding.
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Scalping knife

  • a knife used by north American Indians in scalping.
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Sheath knife

  • noun a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath
    case knife.
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  • a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a sheath.
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spalding knife

Spald"ing knife`
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  1. A spalting knife.
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spalting knife

Spalt"ing knife`
Definitions
  1. A knife used in splitting codfish. Written also spalding knife.
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steak knife

  • noun a sharp table knife used in eating steak
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surgical knife

  • noun a very sharp knife used in surgery
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switchblade knife

  • noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
    flick knife; switchblade; flick-knife.
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table knife

  • noun a knife used for eating at dining table
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trench knife

  • noun a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting
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Voiding knife

  • a knife used for gathering up fragments of food to put them into a voider.
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War to the knife

  • mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.
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