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 Definitions of cleaver  [ˈkli vər]  

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Definition of 'cleaver' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cleaver
a heavy broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, esp. one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.

2.  cleaver
a person or thing that cleaves.

Etymology:  (1325–75)

Definition of 'cleaver' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper
a butcher's knife having a large square blade


Definition of 'cleaver' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cleaver
one who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces


Translation of 'cleaver' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a butcher's knife.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kloofmes Arabic flag Arabic: ساطور القَصّاب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: касапски сатър
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cutelo Czech flag Czech: sekáček German flag German: das Hackbeil
Danish flag Danish: flækkekniv Greek flag Greek: μπαλτάς Spanish flag Spanish: cuchillo de carnicero
Estonian flag Estonian: lihunikukirves Farsi flag Farsi: ساطور Finnish flag Finnish: lihaveitsi
French flag French: couperet Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹפִיץ Hindi flag Hindi: कसाई का बड़ा छुरा
Croatian flag Croatian: nož za rascijecanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: hasítóbárd Indonesian flag Indonesian: golok
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (kjöt)öxi Italian flag Italian: mannaia Japanese flag Japanese: 肉切り包丁
Korean flag Korean: (도살자의) 고기 칼 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kapoklė Latvian flag Latvian: miesnieka nazis
Malay flag Malay: pisau pemotong daging Dutch flag Dutch: slagersmes Norwegian flag Norwegian: slakte-/kjøttøks
Polish flag Polish: nóż rzeźnicki Persian flag Persian: ساطور Pashto flag Pashto: ساتول، لويه چاړه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cutelo Romanian flag Romanian: satâr Russian flag Russian: мясницкий нож
Slovak flag Slovak: sekáč Slovenian flag Slovenian: mesarski nož Serbian flag Serbian: mesarski nož
Swedish flag Swedish: hackkniv, köttyxa Thai flag Thai: ครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการตัดขน Turkish flag Turkish: satır
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 屠夫的剁刀 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: великий ніж м'ясника Urdu flag Urdu: قصائی کی چھری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dao phay Chinese flag Chinese: 屠夫的切肉刀

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'cleaver' - Nearby Entries  

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