oyster knife
oyster knife noun: a knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.
Noun
oyster knife (plural oyster knives)
- A knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.
- That Puddin', sir, and me, has, back to back,
Withstood the fearful Rumty Tums' attack,
And swum the Indian Ocean for our lives,
Pursued by Oysters, armed with oyster knives.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 160
- That Puddin', sir, and me, has, back to back,
oyster knife meaning in Tamil and Kannada
oyster knife in Tamil
- ஆளி பிளப்புக் கத்தி
oyster knife in Kannada
- ಸಿಂಪಿಚಾಕು
Forms of oyster knife
| plural | oyster knives |
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Words that rhyme with oyster knife
- life
- fife
- knife
- strife
- rife
- wife
- Dutch wife
- high on life
- within an inch of one's life
- bag for life
- God's life
- gold star wife
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Questions about oyster knife
- What does oyster knife mean?
- Oyster knife means a knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.
- What is oyster knife in Tamil?
- Oyster knife in Tamil is ஆளி பிளப்புக் கத்தி. See Oyster knife meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oyster knife?
- Oyster knife is a noun.
- What is the plural of oyster knife?
- The plural of oyster knife is oyster knives.
Words near oyster knife in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oyster knife (page history and authors); oyster knife (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oyster knife (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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