EGAVE

cleaver

About 0.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
  2. noun A Paleolithic biface.
  3. noun A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
  4. noun The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
  5. noun A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
  6. noun A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.

Similar words

chopper meat cleaver axe hume issues slicer hachereau breadcutter skinner sharp

Often followed by

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Word family

cleavers

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