deboner

Meat processing tool

A deboner is a tool or person that removes bones from meat, poultry, or fish.

In food processing, deboning machines separate flesh from skeleton efficiently.

A deboning knife has a thin, flexible blade designed to work around joints and cartilage: The deboner made quick work of the chicken thighs.

seafood

fish

Gilled aquatic vertebrate

filletBoneless meat portion
salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
troutFreshwater game fish

bass · catfish · snapper · grouper · pike · cod · tilapia · mackerel · herring · fishmonger

butchery

meat

Animal tissue for food

carcassSlaughtered animal's body
poultryBirds raised for food
filletingCutting meat from bones

jointing · trimming · chicken · turkey · flesh · sinew · beef · pork · lamb · quartering

tool

blade

Flat cutting edge

handlePart for gripping
gripSecure manual hold
extractorDevice for removal

separator · knife · pliers · hook · remover · tweezers · scaler · skinner · flexible · curved

Categories

processing machinesblender, grinder, mixer, extruder, pasteurizer
fish processingfish processing, fillet knife, factory ship, blast freezer, blast freezing
food workersbutcher, bartender, server, caterer, chef
meatpackingslaughterhouse, meatpacker, abattoirs, meatpacking plant, packing house

Opposites

action/function

debonerstuffer

One who fills cavities

bone setter · assembler

Family

debone, deboned, deboning, debones, deboners

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G