knifework
Skilled cutting work
Knifework is skill with a knife, especially in cooking or combat.
In culinary contexts, it refers to cutting techniques—dicing, julienning, mincing: Her knifework is precise and fast.
In martial arts or violence, it describes blade-fighting ability or the use of a knife as a weapon: The autopsy revealed expert knifework.
Cutting into portions
- dicingCutting into cubes
- choppingCutting into pieces
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- julienneCut into thin strips
chiffonade · filleting · boning · carving · paring · butchering · deboning · portioning
Shaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- woodcarvingSculpting in timber
- relief carvingSculpture projecting from surface
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
engraving · etching · sculpting · marquetry · intarsia · scrimshaw · leather tooling · linocut
Accuracy of measurement
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- controlAuthority to direct
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
accuracy · steadiness · hand-eye coordination · muscle memory · sharpening · honing · stropping · grip
Wounding with a blade
- slashingCutting with force
- woundingCausing physical injury
- attackAggressive act against another
- assaultViolent offensive act
bloodshed · laceration · gash · puncture · homicide · menacing · threatening · cutting
Precise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- excisionCutting out of tissue
- suturingClosing wounds with thread
debridement · biopsy · laparoscopic · sterile technique · surgical steel · lancet · tissue · steady hand
slicing
Cutting into portions
julienne · chiffonade · filleting · boning · carving · paring · butchering · deboning · portioning · santoku
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- woodcarvingSculpting in timber
- relief carvingSculpture projecting from surface
inlay · engraving · etching · sculpting · marquetry · intarsia · scrimshaw · leather tooling · linocut · gouge
precision
Accuracy of measurement
finesse · accuracy · steadiness · hand-eye coordination · muscle memory · sharpening · honing · stropping · grip · practice
stabbing
Wounding with a blade
assault · bloodshed · laceration · gash · puncture · homicide · menacing · threatening · cutting · defensive wounds
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- excisionCutting out of tissue
suturing · debridement · biopsy · laparoscopic · sterile technique · surgical steel · lancet · tissue · steady hand · operative
stabbing
Wounding with a blade
fighting · fencing · sparring · blocking · riposte · lunge · feint · bladework · swordplay · dagger
knifeworkhacking
Infiltrating protected digital systems
butchering · mangling · rough cutting · slashing · tearing
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