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butter knife
noun
- a small knife with a dull blade, for cutting, serving, or spreading butter.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of butter knife1
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Example Sentences
There’d be something like 207 spoons and one fork, a spatula, and nothing sharper than a butter knife to prep the veggies.
Run a thin offset spatula or butter knife around the perimeter of each pan, place a plate over each cake layer and gently invert.
Run a butter knife around the edge of the pan before unmolding.
All that tends to make for a sluggish and imprecise ski, one that spreads like a butter knife, not one that cuts like a cleaver.
Use the butter-knife, salt-spoon, and sugar-tongs as scrupulously when alone, as if a room full of people were watching you.
"It's my practice to mix the bitter with the sweet," said the doctor, waving the butter-knife.
My mother went to housekeeping with six teaspoons and a butter-knife, and thought herself rich.
His “Merry Christmas” to Mrs. Purtett was followed up by a ravished kiss and the gift of a silver butter-knife.
Lieutenant Defoe gestured expressively with a butter knife in one hand and a piece of roll in the other.
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