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Definition of 'knife-edge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) knife-edge
a narrow boundary
"he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity"

2. (noun) knife edge, cutting edge
the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife


Definition of 'knife-edge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) knife-edge
a piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction



'knife-edge' - Nearby Entries  

knickknack  knife  knife blade  knife edge  knife fight  knife-edge  knife-handle  



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