cleaver
28
3.5
- noun
- /ˈklivər/
:
cuchillo de carnicero
- With his rusty cleaver, he would cut the head in half.
And I took AI took a meat cleaver into school into the college one day.
- And I took AI took a meat cleaver into school into the college one day.
- I'll, I've been, I've been, I've been attacked the axes in meat cleavers and Mercedes.
Examples
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The re-rod hit, pak!, metal on meat, the sound of a butcher's cleaver cutting through a rib roast.
Fiction book (1994) -
Cut the meat into 2-inch chunks with a cleaver or knife.
Academic text (1992) -
Workers in blood-stained aprons slam cleavers into hunks of beef.
Fiction book (1994) -
To prepare the stew, she used a cleaver to chop the beef into large chunks.
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The chef skillfully swung the cleaver to cut through the thick bone.
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He carefully selected the best cleaver for butchering the fresh meat.
Synonyms
13
3.2
A large sharp knife used for cutting meat
7
4.5
A large heavy knife with a wide square blade for cutting meat
6
2.7
A large heavy knife with a wide rectangular blade used to cut meat and bones
1
2.8
A large heavy knife for chopping meat and vegetables
A machine or hand tool that slices meat into pieces
Compounds
How Heavy
28
3.5
13
3.2
6
2.3
- Specialized
5
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cleaver comes from the Old English word cleave, which means 'to split'. So cleaver is the heavy knife used for splitting meat and bone.