cleaver

(klē'vər)
n.

1. A heavy, broad-bladed knife or hatchet used especially by butchers.
2. Archaeology. A bifacial core tool flaked to produce a straight sharp edge at one end.

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Used mainly by butchers and Chinese cooks, a cleaver is an axlike cutting tool. Its flat sides can be used for pounding, as in tenderizing meat. Cleavers are usually heavy for their size, but evenly weighted. A good cleaver can cut through bone just as easily as it can chop vegetables. The butt end can be used as a pestle (see mortar and pestle) to pulverize seeds or other food items; the flat side is also great for crushing garlic.

[Ar]

Roughly U-shaped stone tool with a transverse cutting edge. Acheulian bifacial cleavers resemble truncated handaxes with a straight or oblique edge instead of a point. On flake cleavers the cutting edge is generally formed by the intersection of the primary flake surface and a transverse flake seat on the upper surface.

IN BRIEF: A heavy butcher's knife with a broad blade.

Use that cleaver to chop the vegetables.

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For a list of words related to cleaver, see:

• Edged, Pointed, Carving, and Turning Tools - cleaver: heavy cutting tool with broad blade, usu. used by butcher
• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - cleaver: butcher’s heavy chopping knife, often with wood handle
• Utensils and Appliances - cleaver: heavy knife with broad blade, used esp. to cut meat through bones or joints or into large chunks

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flækkekniv, klippefremspring

Nederlands (Dutch)
hakmes

Français (French)
n. - fendoir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fleischermesser, Hackbeil

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ξυλο)σχίστης, μπαλντάς (κρεοπώλη)

Italiano (Italian)
mannaia, chi fende

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cutelo (m) de açougueiro

Русский (Russian)
мясницкий нож

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuchilla de carnicero, cortador, hendedor, partidor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hackkniv, köttyxa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
切肉刀, 突出的崖, 切割者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 切肉刀, 突出的崖, 切割者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 쪼개는 사람, 쪼개는 기구, 큰 식칼

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 裂く人, 肉切り庖丁

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ساطور, شاطور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סכין-קצבים, מקצץ, קופיץ‬

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