dinner knife

Meal cutting utensil

A dinner knife is a table knife used for cutting and pushing food during meals, distinguished from specialized knives like steak knives or butter knives.

It typically has a moderately serrated or smooth blade and rounded tip, part of a standard place setting: She arranged the dinner knives to the right of each plate.

Related

cutting · slice · handle · place setting · place card · flatware · sterling · meal · napkin · bread plate · plate · white tablecloth · tablecloth · tines · cutlery · spread · carve · formal

Categories
Opposites
knife type by function

dinner knifechef's knife

Kitchen's primary cutting tool

butcher knife · cleaver · carving knife · hunting knife · combat knife

utensil type in table setting

dinner knifedinner fork

Entrée-eating utensil

fork · soup spoon · spoon · dessert spoon · salad fork

formality/setting

dinner knifeplastic knife

Polymer cutting utensil

spork · fingers

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G