Phrase Hound found 112 phrases and 16 compound words that contain knives. The most common are listed below. Open knives in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 112
- night of the long knivesA purge, in which opponents of a regime or political party are killed or removed.
- night of long knivesSynonym of night of the long knives: A purge, in which opponents of a regime or political party are killed or removed.
- sheath knivesplural of sheath knife: A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a protective sheath when not in use; such a knife may be small (serving as a neck knife, boot knife, or pocketknife) or large (hung on a belt).
- bread knivesplural of bread knife: A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.
- butter knivesplural of butter knife: A 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.
- case knivesplural of case knife: A knife carried in a sheath or case.
- cheese knivesplural of cheese knife: A type of knife used for cutting cheese, typically with a wide, curved blade with two prongs.
- diving knivesplural of diving knife: A type of knife used by divers, with a wide, serrated blade.
- fish knivesplural of fish knife: A knife for cutting and serving fish at table.
- hunting knivesplural of hunting knife: A 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 …
- kitchen knivesplural of kitchen knife: Any knife designed for preparing food in the kitchen; any knife so used.
- pocket knivesplural of pocket knife: A 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).
- table knivesplural of table knife: A 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.
- utility knivesplural of utility knife: A cutting tool that has a thin interchangeable blade that (often) retracts or folds into the handle.
- throwing knivesplural of throwing knife: A knife designed and weighted so that it can be thrown effectively, typically as a weapon or for competitions of knife-throwing skill.
- steak knivesplural of steak knife: A table knife with a sharp, narrow, and often serrated blade designed for cutting tougher foods such as cooked meats.
- Bowie knivesplural of Bowie knife: A large sheath knife, usually of clip point style and usually with large guards at the ricasso.
- butcher knivesplural of butcher knife: A large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.
- deer horn knivesplural of deer horn knife: A Chinese martial arts knife resembling two crossed crescents with all outward facing edges sharpened, and a handle on an inside arc of one of the crescents. The blade allows punching, slashing, and stabbing, as …
- Swiss Army knivesplural of Swiss Army knife: Any of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.
- ballistic knivesplural of ballistic knife: A weapon that fires a knife blade.
- trench knivesplural of trench knife: A knife designed for use in hand-to-hand fighting in trenches, typically having a double-edged blade and a knuckleduster on the handle.
- Bolo knivesplural of Bolo knife: A general term for a traditional pre-colonial small-sized to medium-sized single-edged sword or large knife of the Philippines that functions both as a tool and a weapon.
- fascine knivesplural of fascine knife: A 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 …
- air knivesplural of air knife: A device with a series of holes or slots through which pressurized air exits in a laminar flow pattern, typically used to blow liquid or debris from products as they travel on conveyors.
Compound words 16
- penknivesplural of penknife: A small pocketknife; (loosely) any pocketknife.
- knivesmanAlternative form of knifesman: Someone who uses a knife.
- breadknivesplural of breadknife: A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.
- butcherknivesplural of butcherknife: A large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.
- butterknivesplural of butterknife (alternative spelling of butter knives).
- cyberknivesplural of cyberknife: A robotic arm that performs radiosurgery (surgery using ionizing radiation), typically to remove a tumour, or to treat certain other medical conditions.
- drawknivesplural of drawknife: A 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.
- electroknivesplural of electroknife: A knife used in electrosurgery.
- histoknivesplural of histoknife: A small, very sharp knife designed for the sectioning of biological specimens
- jackknivesplural of jackknife: A compact folding knife.