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Paring Knife

Definition: Paring Knife

Paring Knife

Noun

1. A small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Paring Knife

Synonym: parer (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Paring Knife

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Sharpness

Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Paring Knife

Specialty definitions using "paring knife": potato-seed cutterSEED CUTTER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Paring Knife

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Paring Knife

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

There is a butcher block cutting board on a white tablecloth. On the table are peapods, purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, watercress, carrots, cauliflower and radishes. On the cutting board is a red pepper and an orange paring knife. In front of the board is a grey and white plaid napkin. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Paring Knife

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Paring Knife

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

paring knife

20

best paring knife

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Paring Knife

Language Translations for "paring knife"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

schälmesser (parer, peeler). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skynn vaarey, skynn ghreasee, skynn ghaauin, baarey (bare, clip, cut, dress, poll, prune, shave). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aringpay ifeknay

   

Russian 

  

фруктовый нож. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

soyma bıçağı, meyve bıçağı, budama bıçağı (billhook, pruning knife). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Paring Knife

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-i-k-n-n-p-r"

-3 letters: arginine, firepink, franking, freaking, infringe, pranking, prinking, refining, reinking, repining, ripening.

-4 letters: aginner, earning, engrain, fairing, fearing, finking, finnier, firepan, garpike, ginnier, grannie, ingrain, kerfing, kerning, kingpin, kirning, knifing, narking, nearing, paiking, paining, pairing, pannier, parking, peaking, peining, perking, pfennig, pinking, raining, ranking, ranpike, reaping, reining.

-5 letters: airing, earing, fainer, faking, fanner, faring.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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