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单词 butter knife
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Definition of butter knife in English:

butter knife

noun
  • A knife whose blade has a blunt, rounded end, used for spreading butter.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gently scrape the label off the clothing with a paring knife, a butter knife or another straight edge, such as a credit card or a ruler.
    • At that time gently dig into the soil around the cutting with a kitchen butter knife and lift out the new plant.
    • But the conversation was about as sharp as a butter knife.
    • Once sexy and exhilarating, it now has the cutting edge of a butter knife.
    • The butter knife slipped from her hand to the table with a piercing clatter.
    • Since you weren't allowed to touch pills with your fingers, you used an implement much like a butter knife.
    • Zero tolerance has given us the expulsion of students for using a knife in a science experiment, for leaving a butter knife in a car on school grounds, for carrying a folded nail file in a backpack.
    • She perused a butter knife before placing it next to a plate on the table.
    • And if I buy it, the first thing I'll do is go out and chop that damn tree down, with a blunt butter knife, if I have to.
    • The meat just fell off the ribs, and I certainly did not need the supplied steak knife, I could have used the butter knife, it was so tender.
 
 

Definition of butter knife in US English:

butter knife

nounˈbədər naɪfˈbədər nīf
  • A blunt knife used for cutting or spreading butter or other similar spreads.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Zero tolerance has given us the expulsion of students for using a knife in a science experiment, for leaving a butter knife in a car on school grounds, for carrying a folded nail file in a backpack.
    • She perused a butter knife before placing it next to a plate on the table.
    • At that time gently dig into the soil around the cutting with a kitchen butter knife and lift out the new plant.
    • The butter knife slipped from her hand to the table with a piercing clatter.
    • And if I buy it, the first thing I'll do is go out and chop that damn tree down, with a blunt butter knife, if I have to.
    • The meat just fell off the ribs, and I certainly did not need the supplied steak knife, I could have used the butter knife, it was so tender.
    • But the conversation was about as sharp as a butter knife.
    • Since you weren't allowed to touch pills with your fingers, you used an implement much like a butter knife.
    • Gently scrape the label off the clothing with a paring knife, a butter knife or another straight edge, such as a credit card or a ruler.
    • Once sexy and exhilarating, it now has the cutting edge of a butter knife.
 
 
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