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herb knife

herb knife noun: a knife for cutting fresh herbs.

Noun

herb knife (plural herb knives)

  1. A knife for cutting fresh herbs.
    • She took out her herb knife. She dug; she cut. Mama had told her this sort of bush was no good but to look at.1993, Karen Harper, Circle of Gold, Signet Book, →ISBN
    • ... Elizabeth, resolutely ignoring all the waiting chores, picked up her herb knife and went outside to her little garden.1975, Anya Seton, The Winthrop woman, →ISBN
  2. A mezzaluna used to chop culinary herbs.

Forms of herb knife

pluralherb knives

Questions about herb knife

What does herb knife mean?
Herb knife means a knife for cutting fresh herbs.
What part of speech is herb knife?
Herb knife is a noun.
What is the plural of herb knife?
The plural of herb knife is herb knives.

Words near herb knife in the dictionary

  1. herb butter
  2. herb butters
  3. herb Christopher
  4. herb doctor
  5. herb Gerard
  6. herb knife
  7. herb knives
  8. herb of grace
  9. herb of repentance
  10. herb of the cross
  11. herb paris

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