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butcher's knife

butcher's knife is the alternative form of butcher knife.

Meaning of butcher knife

Noun

butcher knife (plural butcher knives)

  1. A large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.
    • He came after me with a butcher knife.

Forms of butcher's knife

pluralbutchers' knives
pluralbutcher's knives

Questions about butcher's knife

What is butcher's knife the alternative form of?
Butcher's knife is the alternative form of butcher knife.

Words near butcher's knife in the dictionary

  1. butcher's block
  2. butcher's blocks
  3. butcher's broom
  4. butcher's hook
  5. butcher's hooks
  6. butcher's knife
  7. butcher's knives
  8. butcher's mourning
  9. butcher's paper
  10. butcher's shop
  11. butcher's steak

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