meat cleaver

Heavy kitchen knife

A meat cleaver is a large, heavy knife with a broad rectangular blade, used for chopping through bones and tough cuts of meat.

The weight and squared-off shape distinguish it from other kitchen knives—you swing it like a small axe rather than slice with it.

He brought the cleaver down through the pork shoulder in one stroke.

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Opposites
blade delicacy and precision

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Small-bladed kitchen tool

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cutting action and purpose

meat cleaverparing knife

Small-bladed kitchen tool

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Family

meat, meats, meaty, meatier, meatiest, meatiness, cleave, cleaver, cleavers

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG