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fish-knife

fish-knife noun: a knife for cutting and serving fish at table.

Noun

fish-knife (plural fish-knives)

  1. A knife for cutting and serving fish at table.
  2. A table knife with spatula-shaped blade designed for eating fish.

Forms of fish-knife

pluralfish-knives
alternative formfish knife

Origin of fish-knife

Inherited from Middle English fyschknyff.

Questions about fish-knife

What does fish-knife mean?
Fish-knife means a knife for cutting and serving fish at table.
What part of speech is fish-knife?
Fish-knife is a noun.
What is the plural of fish-knife?
The plural of fish-knife is fish-knives.

Words near fish-knife in the dictionary

  1. fish-horns
  2. fish-house
  3. fish-houses
  4. fish-kettle
  5. fish-kettles
  6. fish-knife
  7. fish-knives
  8. fish-mongress
  9. fish-mongresses
  10. fish-out-of-water
  11. fish-pond

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