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carving knives

carving knives is the plural of carving knife.

Meaning of carving knife

Noun

carving knife (plural carving knives)

  1. A large knife designed for cutting cooked turkey and similar dishes.
    • DCI Tom Barnaby: Then how do you explain a carving knife stuck in his chest?
      Heather Beavers: A celestial lance.
      Barnaby: With 'Made in Sheffield' stamped on it?1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders
  2. A knife used to pare, cut, and smooth wood.

Questions about carving knives

What is carving knives the plural of?
Carving knives is the plural of carving knife.

Words near carving knives in the dictionary

  1. carvin'
  2. carving
  3. carving fork
  4. carving forks
  5. carving knife
  6. carving knives
  7. carving out
  8. carving up
  9. carvings
  10. Carvins
  11. carvol

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