Cleaver (Noun)
Meaning
A butcher's knife having a large square blade.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The butcher grasped the heavy cleaver firmly and brought it down with a swift motion to chop through the bone.
- The chef expertly used the cleaver to mince the vegetables into tiny pieces for the salad.
- To prepare the beef for stew, the cook needed to use the sharp edge of the cleaver to cut it into bite-sized cubes.
- With a few swift chops of the cleaver, the butcher was able to break down the entire carcass into manageable pieces.
- The cleaver was the most essential tool in the butcher's arsenal, used daily to chop, slice, and dice a wide variety of meats.