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Meaning of "butter knife" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUTTER KNIFE

butter knife  [ˈbʌtə naɪf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUTTER KNIFE

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conjunction
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Butter knife is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUTTER KNIFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

butter knife

Butter knife

In common usage, a butter knife may refer to any non-serrated table knife designed with a dull edge and rounded point; formal cutlery patterns make a distinction between such a place knife and a butter knife. In this usage, a butter knife is a sharp-pointed, dull-edged knife, often with a sabre shape, used only to serve out pats of butter from a central butter dish to individual diners' plates. Master butter knives are not used to spread the butter onto bread: this would contaminate the butter remaining in the butter dish when the next pat of butter was served. Rather, diners at the breakfast, the luncheon, and the informal dinner table use an individual butter knife to apply butter to their bread. Individual butter knives have a round point, so as not to tear the bread, and are sometimes termed butter spreaders. If no butter spreaders are provided, a dinner knife may be used as an alternative. Colloquially, bread knives are sometimes referred to as butter knives, though technically incorrect.

Definition of butter knife in the English dictionary

The definition of butter knife in the dictionary is a knife knife, often with a curved tip, used for picking up butter at table.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUTTER KNIFE


breadknife
ˈbrednaɪf
drawknife
ˈdrɔːˌnaɪf
fife
faɪf
housewife
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf
jackknife
ˈdʒækˌnaɪf
kaif
kaɪf
knife
naɪf
life
laɪf
long-life
ˈlɒŋlaɪf
midwife
ˈmɪdˌwaɪf
nife
naɪf
nightlife
ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf
paperknife
ˈpeɪpəˌnaɪf
penknife
ˈpɛnˌnaɪf
pocketknife
ˈpɒkɪtˌnaɪf
real-life
ˌriːlˈlaɪf
still-life
stɪl laɪf
wife
waɪf
wildlife
ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf
Yellowknife
ˈjɛləʊˌnaɪf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUTTER KNIFE

butter
butter bean
butter cloth
butter cooler
butter dish
butter icing
butter knives
butter muslin
butter of zinc
butter paper
butter tart
butter up
butter-and-eggs
butterball
butterbur
buttercup
butterdock
buttered
butterfat
butterfat cheque

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTTER KNIFE

bowie knife
carving knife
case knife
clasp knife
combat knife
craft knife
dinner knife
fish knife
fruit knife
gamma knife
hunting knife
palette knife
putty knife
sheath knife
Stanley knife
steak knife
Swiss Army knife
trench knife
twist the knife
under the knife
vegetable knife

Synonyms and antonyms of butter knife in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «butter knife» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUTTER KNIFE

Find out the translation of butter knife to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of butter knife from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «butter knife» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黄油刀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuchillo de mantequilla
570 millions of speakers

English

butter knife
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मक्खन चाकू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زبدة سكين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нож для масла
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

faca de manteiga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাখন ছুরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couteau à beurre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pisau mentega
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Buttermesser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バターナイフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버터 나이프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pisang mentega
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bơ dao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெண்ணை கத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोणी चाकू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tereyağı bıçağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coltello per il burro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nóż do masła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ніж для масла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuțit de unt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βούτυρο μαχαίρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

botter mes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smörkniv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smør kniv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of butter knife

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTTER KNIFE»

The term «butter knife» is regularly used and occupies the 84.536 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTTER KNIFE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about butter knife

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QUOTES WITH «BUTTER KNIFE»

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Pat Burns
Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTER KNIFE»

Discover the use of butter knife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to butter knife and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society
Best pumpkins and squashes—Butter knife ............................ .. Best onions—Butter knife .................................................... .. Best beets—Butter knife ........ .4 ... Best sweet corn, green, twenty-five ears—Butter knife ............ .. Best turnips—Butter knife .
California State Agricultural Society (Sacramento, Calif.), 1862
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Statistical Report ...
Best garden vegetables — Diploma, framed Best pumpkins and squashes — Butter knife Best onions — Butter knife Best beets — Butter knife Best carrots — Butter knife Best parsnips — Butter knife Best salsify — Butter knife Best sweet corn, ...
California. State Board of Agriculture, 1862
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Report
Best garden vegetables — Diploma, framed Best pumpkins and squashes — Butter knife Best onions — Butter knife Best beets — Butter knife Best carrots — Butter knife Best parsnips — Butter knife Best salsify — Butter knife Best sweet corn, ...
California State Agricultural Society, 1862
4
Good Morals and Gentle Manners: For Schools and Families
butter-knife for every butter-plate on the table, and a separate spoon for each dish, with a carving-knife and fork for the meats. With these precautions, no one should be so impolite as to help himself to butter or sauce with his own knife or ...
Alexander Murdock Gow, 1873
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Service Etiquette
The individual butter knife (sometimes called a butter spreader) is usually laid across the top of the butter plate, with the handle at the right, the blade facing the edge of the table. The individual butter knife is used only to spread butter on a ...
Oretha D. Swartz, 1988
6
Butter Knife
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
7
REA's Testbuster for the GRE CAT
A dishwasher loaded with silverware, consisting of a cake cutter, a table-spoon, a butter knife, a salad fork, a dinner fork, and a ladle, malfunctioned. When the utensils were removed, it was observed that: The cake cutter was hotter than the  ...
Pauline Alexander-Travis, Research and Education Association, 2000
8
The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference
... stuffing mixture inside. BUTTER KNIFE or BUTTER SPREADER is a small knife with a dull blade for cutting or spreading butter. The point of the butter knife, which is often shared, is to avoid using your own knife to slice pieces off the shared ...
Barbara Ann Kipfer, 2012
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New Cook Book
Place dessert spoon and dessert fork above the plate, pointing left and right respectively. Arrange glasses and bread plate and bread knife as directed for formal sit- down meals, below. Dessert spoon Butter knife \ Dessert **k Bread -^ / 9°""" ...
Better Homes and Gardens, Tricia Laning, 2004
10
How to Be God's Little Princess: Royal Tips on Manners and ...
Butter, please • Cut a slice of butter off using the butter knife. If there is no butter knife, cut it with an unused table knife. Place the pat of butter on your bread plate (if there is not a bread plate, use the edge of your dinner plate). Don't butter your  ...
Sheila Walsh, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTER KNIFE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term butter knife is used in the context of the following news items.
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Catch this cop turned comic
Learn how to safely operate a butter knife. Discover how to minimise injuries from unsupervised forks, develop and fine-tune your personal ... «Mansfield Chad, Jul 15»
2
Service Station: Perry at the Grill
That's why we set out both a salad fork and a butter knife! When I'm not working, my friends and I like going to Buffalo Wild Wings. I'm a bit of a ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
Desserts and delectables
Remove, cool in pan, then chill. Keep refrigerated. Before removing springform pan after cool, use butter knife to go around inside of pan to ... «High Plains Journal, Jul 15»
4
ARIA Restaurant's Matt Moran cooks ocean trout with bone marrow …
You can order marrow already extracted, or you can simply push the marrow out of the centre of the bones with your thumb or a butter knife and ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Dazzle crowd with decadent brownie dessert
Drizzle chocolate sundae syrup on top and with a butter knife swirl gently to give it the marble effect. 11. Bake 50-55 minutes. 12. Loosen from ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
6
Plea deal for man who took child from bed
In December of 2014, Vazquez-Ruiz broke into a neighboring apartment and took a four-year-old girl from her bed, holding a butter knife to her ... «Teton Valley News, Jul 15»
7
Sergio Llull Says "No Thanks" To Rockets, So Now What?
... rotation of Pablo Prigioni and Nick Johnson, the NBA equivalent of heading over to the Middle East with a Super Soaker and a butter knife. «Houston Press, Jul 15»
8
Waiting for Goddard: Essendon's star disappointment
... incisive, devastatingly impactful Swiss army knife of a player, now 30 years old Brendon Goddard resembles more of a functional butter knife. «The Roar, Jul 15»
9
Butter Knife PR appointed to look after the PR needs of James Bensen
Consumer and Lifestyle agency, Butter Knife PR, has been appointed to manage the communications for the recently launched prescription ... «Media Update, Jul 15»
10
Mash Avocados with a Knife for Super Chunky Guacamole
Be warned, you should use a bowl that can stand up to the knife and a knife that won't be ruined with this method (like a butter knife). When I ... «Lifehacker, Jul 15»

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