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DictionaryknifeCutting tool
noun / verb

knife

NYFE/naɪf/

A bladed tool for cutting or stabbing, or to use such a tool.

The kitchen knife has a steel blade and a solid handle.

A single everyday kitchen knife shown unobstructed, with its solid handle, pointed steel blade, and sharp cutting edge clearly distinguishable.
Etymology
knifeOld Englishknife

Old English cnif already named a bladed cutting tool, so the central meaning has remained stable. Its further ancestry is uncertain, with an Old Norse source considered probable.

In context

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the blade if you're not comfortable doing that right now you will start to get that with a little bit of practice handle is going to come up and back knife forward
Knife Skills - How to Julienne a Potato

More examples

  • She cut the bread with a serrated knife.
  • Two knives lay beside the chopping board.
  • The report said the victim had been knifed during the robbery.

Forms

knife · knifes · knifed · knifing · knives

Similar words

blade
The cutting part, or a bladed weapon generally.
dagger
Specifically a short pointed weapon designed for stabbing.