carving knife
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈkɑrvɪŋ naɪf/
:
cuchillo de trinchar
- He expertly used the carving knife to slice the roast turkey at dinner.
It wasn't a large carving knife.
- It wasn't a large carving knife.
Examples
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This is a carving knife.
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I believe you have my carving knife.
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I cut it off with a carving knife.
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"An electric carving knife," the kid said.
Fiction book (1992) -
The good wife kept a carving knife in the kitchen drawer.
Fiction book (1997) -
Now, Tommy, does your mother have a carving knife I could borrow?
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Stabbing the meat with a carving knife, he served us.
Blog text (26) -
Tony gets up slowly, looks around, and grabs a carving knife from a hook on the wall.
Fiction book (1992) -
A carving knife slices through leg of lamb on the kitchen table.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now there's one future wife who knows how to wield a carving knife.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'carving' is the verbal adjective from 'carve' (to slice a roast) and 'knife' names the cutting tool, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this is a knife for carving meat. This is a transparent, cross-linguistically common noun-modifier construction and follows standard English instrument + function patterns.
Etymology
The name carving knife comes from the word carving, meaning 'to slice cooked meat', and knife as the tool for that job. That's why a carving knife means a large, sharp knife used for slicing cooked meat.