paring knife

Small kitchen cutter

A paring knife is a small kitchen knife with a short blade, typically three to four inches, used for detailed work like peeling, trimming, and coring fruits and vegetables.

The blade is narrow and pointed, allowing precise control for tasks too delicate for a chef's knife: She used a paring knife to devein the shrimp.

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trimming · blade · sharp point · slicer · small · deveining · dicing · handle · edge · whittle · prep · culinary · cutting · sharp · core · fruit carving · serrated · steel

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Opposites
blade size and function

paring knifecleaver

Broad-bladed cutting tool

meat cleaver · chef's knife · machete · butcher knife · hatchet

cutting implement type

paring knifechainsaw

Motor-driven cutting tool

circular saw · food processor · mandoline · band saw · guillotine

Family

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