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PRONUNCIATION OF CARVING KNIFE

carving knife play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARVING KNIFE

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Carving knife is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARVING KNIFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kitchen knife

A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation. While much of this work can be accomplished with a few general-purpose knives – notably a large chef's knife, a tough cleaver, and a small paring knife – there are also many specialized knives that are designed for specific tasks. Kitchen knives can be made from several different materials.

Definition of carving knife in the English dictionary

The definition of carving knife in the dictionary is a long-bladed knife for carving cooked meat for serving.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARVING KNIFE

carvacrol
carve
carve out
carve up
carve-up
carvel
carvel-built
carven
carver
carveries
carvers
carvery
carving
carvy
Cary
caryatic
caryatid
caryatidal
caryatidean
caryatidic

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARVING KNIFE

butter knife
case knife
combat knife
craft knife
dinner knife
fish knife
fruit knife
gamma knife
hunting knife
jackknife
knife
nife
palette knife
penknife
pocketknife
putty knife
steak knife
Swiss Army knife
twist the knife
under the knife
Yellowknife

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carving knife» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARVING KNIFE

Find out the translation of carving knife to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carving 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 «carving knife» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雕刀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuchillo de trinchar
570 millions of speakers

English

carving knife
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चाकू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نحت سكين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разделочный нож
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

faca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোদাই ছুরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couteau à découper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pisau ukir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tranchiermesser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

彫刻刀
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조각 칼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ukiran pisau
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dao khắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கத்தி செதுக்குவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नक्षीकाम चाकू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oyma bıçağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coltello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nóż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обробний ніж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuțit sculptură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκάλισμα μαχαίρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vleismes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förskärare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

carving kniv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carving knife

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARVING KNIFE»

The term «carving knife» is normally little used and occupies the 115.342 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARVING KNIFE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carving knife» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carving knife» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARVING KNIFE»

Discover the use of carving knife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carving knife and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Messages Found With the Carving Knife
" While not an instructional book, this volume is a good visual introduction to this ancient art of carving, displaying the range of intricate patterns and structures that the artist fashions out of common fruits and vegetables.
Pam Maneeratana, 2010
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Carving Realistic Birds: A Step-by-step Manual with ...
The disadvantages as a primary carving knife are many. The blades, because they are folding, have a habit of folding at the wrong time, and cut fingers or split wood can become rather prevalent. Also, the types of cuts that can be made are ...
H. D. Green, 1977
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Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyers' Guide 1895
Our carving sets are all well made, and only the best of steel is used in blades and forks, and all warranted 46367 Carving Knife and Fork, cocoa handles, good steel blade for $0.60 Extra, by mail, 12 cents. 46367J4 Carving Knife and Fork, ...
Montgomery Ward, 2008
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Boys' Life
Earn a Merit Badge After you find a good carving knife, sharpen your skills by reading "Using Woods Tools," chapter 3 of the "Boy Scout Handbook." Earn the Totin' Chip for knowing how to use those tools safely. Then earn the Wood Carving ...
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How to Carve Wood: A Book of Projects and Techniques
Top: a two-bladed pocketknifc (left) and a modified German chip-carving knife ( right). Bottom: a custom-made knife designed for scooping wood out from under the tail feathers on bird earvings (left) and an X-acto knife (right), available with ...
Richard Bütz, 1984
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The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, ...
Carving sets consist of a carving knife and a carving fork. Generally, a carving fork is made with a guard, a metal protrusion that extends from the shank, lifting the fork from the table and protecting the surface from soil. Carving forks made ...
Suzanne Von Drachenfels, 2000
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Practical Carving
THE CARVING-KNIFE. In the stone age, when the savage tried his best to carve with a dull stone knife, he doubtless swore mentally; and while we have advanced to a marked degree beyond the savage and his food, and his implements for ...
Thomas Jefferson Murrey, 1887
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Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Chip-carving knife. Traditional chip carving is done on flat softwood, especially basswood. Probably because gourds are neither flat nor soft, gourd carvers have largely neglected this style of carving. However, the simplicity of the designs and  ...
Jim Widess, Ginger Summit, 2004
9
The Cook's Book: Techniques and tips from the world's master ...
The traditional shape of a carving knife is long and slim, tapering to a point at the top of the blade. This is fine, but not crucial. Sharpness is the essential quality, and while a serrated knife or chopper will not do, a finely honed cook's knife will ...
‎2005
10
Taylor on Criminal Appeals
It was contended by the Appellant that: 3.1 A wood-carving knife is not an offensive weapon per se as it was manufactured for an innocent purpose; 3.2 In any event he would have had a reasonable excuse for carrying the wood-carving knife ...
Paul Taylor, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARVING KNIFE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carving knife is used in the context of the following news items.
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Factory workers flee from Highbridge inferno: What was making the …
In January Mrs Douglas had a 10-inch carving knife held to her throat by a young woman who demanded that she hand over her takings from ... «Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News, Jul 15»
2
Maid murdered, cut up and boiled boss before fleeing here in 1879
I also used the meat saw and the carving knife to cut the body up with. I prepared the copper (pot) with water to boil the body to prevent identity; ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Real-life 'Face/Off' masks using 3-D technology offer out of body …
After working on the details using a carving knife, a plaster cast was made and resin was cast to harden the mold. Four white replicas of the ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
4
Haggerty's Morning Skate: Kicking Kessel out the door
*Steve Simmons gets out the carving knife and goes to town on Phil Kessel, who the Maple Leafs were sick and tired of before sending him to ... «Comcast SportsNet New England, Jul 15»
5
Democracy wins this round
But while it was the Wisconsin GOP that took a carving knife to the state that time, both parties are perfectly willing to wield that blade. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
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JAILED: Violent burglar Kieran Green who stabbed Deal mum in …
When she refused and asked him to leave the house, Green stabbed her in the thigh with a six-inch carving knife and then fled the scene on a ... «Dover Express, Jun 15»
7
Seattle Police Investigating 2 Officers Shown in Report
The cases included the 2010 fatal shooting by a police officer of John T. Williams, a woodcarver who had been carrying a carving knife while ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
Some officers resist de-escalation push
The finding was underscored by the 2010 fatal shooting of a woodcarver who had been carrying a carving knife while walking down the street. «NWAOnline, Jun 15»
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Long Taught to Use Force, Police Warily Learn to De-escalate
The finding was underscored by the 2010 fatal shooting of a woodcarver who had been carrying a carving knife while walking down the street. «New York Times, Jun 15»
10
Taunton man collects, carves peach pits
The carving knife he uses dates back to his childhood in the Portuguese Azores, where other boys and men whittled away their idle hours in an ... «Turn to 10, Jun 15»

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