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knife-handle

knife-handle noun: the grip of a knife.

Noun

knife-handle (plural knife-handles)

  1. The grip of a knife.
    • Please turn that cardboard face down, and take this one, and compare it searchingly by the magnifier, with the fatal signature upon the knife-handle, and report your finding to the court.”1894, Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, Harper and Brothers, page 197
    • She could guess, and she saw the knife-handle, but she didn’t know.1969, Alan Hunter, Gently Sinking, Cassell & Company, page 41

Forms of knife-handle

pluralknife-handles
alternative formknifehandle
alternative formknife handle

Questions about knife-handle

What does knife-handle mean?
Knife-handle means the grip of a knife.
What part of speech is knife-handle?
Knife-handle is a noun.
What is the plural of knife-handle?
The plural of knife-handle is knife-handles.

Words near knife-handle in the dictionary

  1. knife-ear
  2. knife-edge
  3. knife-edge effect
  4. knife-edge effects
  5. knife-edges
  6. knife-handle
  7. knife-handles
  8. knife-rest
  9. knife-rests
  10. knife-twister
  11. knife-twisters

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