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Defenition of the word knife

    • Defenition of the word knife

      • A utensil consisting of a sharpened piece of hard material such as steel or other metal, ceramic, glass or stone, usually attached to a handle, that is formed in a manner that allows for cutting softer materials, especially meat or other food.
      • To cut with a knife.
      • To use a knife as a weapon in order to injure or kill.
      • To cut through with or as if with a knife.
      • a cutting instrument with a sharp-edged pointed metal blade with a handle
      • a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
      • use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"
      • any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
      • edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
      • any long thin projection that is transient
      • use a knife on

    Synonyms for the word knife

      • stab
      • tongue

    Meronymys for the word knife

      • blade
      • haft
      • helve
      • knife blade
      • peak
      • point
      • tip

    Hyponyms for the word knife

      • barong
      • bayonet
      • bolo
      • bolo knife
      • Bowie knife
      • bread knife
      • butcher knife
      • carving knife
      • case knife
      • chopper
      • cleaver
      • dagger
      • drawknife
      • drawshave
      • flick-knife
      • hunting knife
      • khukuri
      • letter opener
      • linoleum cutter
      • linoleum knife
      • machete
      • matchet
      • meat cleaver
      • panga
      • paper knife
      • paperknife
      • parang
      • parer
      • paring knife
      • pocket knife
      • pocketknife
      • poniard
      • pruning knife
      • sheath knife
      • shiv
      • slicer
      • sticker
      • surgical knife
      • table knife
      • trench knife
      • yataghan

    Hypernyms for the word knife

      • arm
      • edge tool
      • injure
      • projection
      • weapon
      • weapon system
      • wound

    Idioms for the word knife

      • butterknife
      • carving knife
      • knife fight
      • penknife
      • pocketknife
      • steak knife
      • Swiss Army Knife

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