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paring knife

paring knife noun: a thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.

paring knife: a thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as...
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Noun

paring knife (plural paring knives)

  1. A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.

Forms of paring knife

pluralparing knives

Questions about paring knife

What does paring knife mean?
Paring knife means a thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.
What part of speech is paring knife?
Paring knife is a noun.
What is the plural of paring knife?
The plural of paring knife is paring knives.

Words near paring knife in the dictionary

  1. Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
  2. Parinaud's syndrome
  3. Parincea
  4. paring
  5. paring down
  6. paring knife
  7. paring knives
  8. paring to the bone
  9. Paringi
  10. parings
  11. Parinian

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