cleaver
/ˈkliːvə
/noun
A tool with a heavy, broad blade, used by butchers for chopping meat: a meat cleaver...
- The victim then broke free and ran back into his house, before returning with a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife.
- He got a larger knife - a meat cleaver - for protection, and to frighten the other man, and returned to the room.
- When you take it out, don't touch the meat with a cleaver or knife.
Synonyms
chopper, hatchet, axe, knife;
butcher's knife, kitchen knife
