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knife grinder

knife grinder noun: one whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.

Noun

knife grinder (plural knife grinders)

  1. One whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.

Forms of knife grinder

pluralknife grinders
alternative formknifegrinder

Origin of knife grinder

From knife + grinder.

Questions about knife grinder

What does knife grinder mean?
Knife grinder means one whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.
What part of speech is knife grinder?
Knife grinder is a noun.
What is the plural of knife grinder?
The plural of knife grinder is knife grinders.

Words near knife grinder in the dictionary

  1. knife edges
  2. knife fight
  3. knife fights
  4. knife fish
  5. knife game
  6. knife grinder
  7. knife handle
  8. knife handles
  9. knife money
  10. knife pleat
  11. knife pleats

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