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boning knives

boning knives is the plural of boning knife.

Meaning of boning knife

Noun

boning knife (plural boning knives)

  1. a sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for removing the bones of poultry, meat, and fish.
    • He held up his right-hand index finger to the light, to reveal a worn-away depression near the knuckle, the upshot of seven decades trimming meat with a narrow-handled boning knife.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian

Questions about boning knives

What is boning knives the plural of?
Boning knives is the plural of boning knife.

Words near boning knives in the dictionary

  1. boniness
  2. boninesses
  3. boning
  4. boning down
  5. boning knife
  6. boning knives
  7. boning out
  8. boning rod
  9. boning rods
  10. boning up
  11. bonings

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