cleaver

noun/ˈklivər/

Frequency rank: #12,487 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a heavy, broad-bladed knife or chopping tool used especially by butchers.

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Example sentence

The butcher used his cleaver to split the large bone in half.

Synonyms & related words

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