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butcher knife

butcher knife noun: a large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.

butcher knife: a large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats
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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 knife

pluralbutcher knives
alternative formbutcherknife
alternative formbutcher's knife
alternative formbutchers' knife

Questions about butcher knife

What does butcher knife mean?
Butcher knife means a large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.
What part of speech is butcher knife?
Butcher knife is a noun.
What is the plural of butcher knife?
The plural of butcher knife is butcher knives.

Words near butcher knife in the dictionary

  1. butcher birds
  2. butcher block
  3. butcher blocks
  4. butcher blue
  5. butcher boy
  6. butcher knife
  7. butcher knives
  8. butcher paper
  9. butcher papers
  10. butcher shop
  11. butcher shops

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