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fillet knife

fillet knife noun: a flexible sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for filleting.

fillet knife: a flexible sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for filleting
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Noun

fillet knife (plural fillet knives)

  1. A flexible sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for filleting.
    • A quality fillet knife makes cleaning fish a simple task after a day of fishing. The knife must have a sharp edge to cut through skin, meat and even the bone. Any old knife from the kitchen probably isn’t going to cut it. Anglers catching offshore gamefish require more power than an angler catching...2019 December 6, “Three Great Fillet Knives for Any Angler”, in Marlin Magazinen, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    filleting knife

Synonyms of fillet knife

Forms of fillet knife

pluralfillet knives

Questions about fillet knife

What does fillet knife mean?
Fillet knife means a flexible sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for filleting.
What part of speech is fillet knife?
Fillet knife is a noun.
What is the plural of fillet knife?
The plural of fillet knife is fillet knives.

Words near fillet knife in the dictionary

  1. Filles du Roi
  2. Filles du Roy
  3. filles fatales
  4. fillest
  5. fillet
  6. fillet knife
  7. fillet knives
  8. fillet weld
  9. fillet welds
  10. filletable
  11. filleted

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