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🔪 A fixed-blade knife 🍽️ A table knife
case knife

case knife

7.6
A small knife with a fixed blade carried in a sheath
  • noun
  • /keɪs naɪf/
translation icon : cuchillo de funda
  • The hunter removed his case knife from its sheath before preparing the campsite.

Examples

  • He always carried a case knife for emergencies while hiking in the mountains.

  • The antique dealer displayed a nineteenth-century case knife with an engraved handle.

  • He used a case knife to open the package.

  • The case knives are stored in a special drawer.

  • He always carried a case knife for emergencies while hiking in the mountains.

  • The hunter removed his case knife from its sheath before preparing the campsite.

  • The antique dealer displayed a nineteenth-century case knife with an engraved handle.

Synonyms

knife
vscase knife
  • NSFW
∞ 1.0

A tool with a sharp blade and handle used for cutting or as a weapon

is a specific fixed blade designed to be carried in a protective cover
sheath knife
vscase knife
1 5.1

A knife with a fixed blade that you carry in a protective cover

is an alternative name with identical meaning for that same item

How Portable

pocketknife
9 3.4
case knife
7.6
hunting knife
10 2.8
butcher knife
13 3.2

Surface Forms

case knife singular
case knives plural

Morphology

case + knife

The compound 'case knife' pairs 'case' (a box or cover) with 'knife', but the attested meaning 'a table knife with a rounded or blunt end used for eating or spreading' does not follow transparently from 'a knife in/for a case'. The relation is lexicalized/specialized and therefore unpredictable for a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Case knife may come from the small leather case used to hold and protect a knife, so the name refers to a knife meant 'to carry' with you.