Phrase Hound found 203 phrases and 62 compound words that contain knife. The most common are listed below. Open knife in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 203
- under the knifeChiefly preceded by a form of go: undergoing a surgical procedure; into surgery.
- jack-knifeA compact folding knife.
- utility knifeA cutting tool that has a thin interchangeable blade that (often) retracts or folds into the handle.
- twist the knifeTo deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
- hunting knifeA knife optimized for use in hunting animals, usually with a substantial belly and sometimes with a back edge that is partially serrated for sawing; fixed-blade and folding versions are both popular, and tasks such as field dressing …
- kitchen knifeAny knife designed for preparing food in the kitchen; any knife so used.
- bread knifeA knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.
- war to the knifeMortal combat; fighting to the death.
- knife-edgeA small piece of metal, usually steel, sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the fulcrum of a pendulum, scalebeam, or other piece required to oscillate with minimal friction.
- butter knifeA non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.
- cheese knifeA type of knife used for cutting cheese, typically with a wide, curved blade with two prongs.
- table knifeA type of knife used to cut cooked and prepared food and to spread condiments, with a single moderately sharp edge and usually a rounded end.
- folding knifeA kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle, owing to a joint. Such a knife is usually a pocketknife; its action may be locking or nonlocking.
- Swiss Army knifeAny of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.
- drawing knifeA knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.
- butterfly knifeA folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.
- fish-knifeA knife for cutting and serving fish at table.
- carving knifeA large knife designed for cutting cooked turkey and similar dishes.
- fascine knifeA large, heavy knife or short sword used by 17th- to 19th-century artillery and infantry soldiers as a sidearm and a tool for cutting fascines (“cylindrical bundles of small sticks of wood, used for strengthening purposes”) and other …
- palette knifeIn painting, a small, edge-less, more or less flexible steel blade used to mix paint on a palette and sometimes to apply paint to a surface.
- putty knifeA hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions.
- knife upTo trim the edges on a boot or shoe of bits of leather, etc. that may be attached to the sides.
- steak knifeA table knife with a sharp, narrow, and often serrated blade designed for cutting tougher foods such as cooked meats.
- chef's knifeA type of general purpose kitchen knife used for food preparation, typically measuring eight inches by one and a half inches.
- knife pleatA type of sharply pressed pleating, especially in a skirt or kilt, in which all of the folds are turned in one direction, with each pleat being three layers of fabric thick.
Compound words 62
- YellowknifeThe capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
- penknifeA small pocketknife; (loosely) any pocketknife.
- pocketknifeA knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).
- cyberknifeA robotic arm that performs radiosurgery (surgery using ionizing radiation), typically to remove a tumour, or to treat certain other medical conditions.
- knifeplayThe act of fighting or cutting with a knife.
- kniferSomeone who sells knives.
- knifepointThe pointed end of a knife.
- knivedAlternative form of knifed: Having been cut or stabbed with a knife.
- drawknifeA joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
- knifefulThe amount that can be carried on a knife.