boning knife

American  

noun

1. a small kitchen knife having a narrow blade for boning meat or fish.

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Example Sentences

You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon • May 31, 2022

With Leslie in the hospital, George now oversees a free-range brood of bright, curious, physically brave kids who are as comfortable with a boning knife as they are reading “Middlemarch” while wearing a gas mask.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2016

Where much boning is done a small boning knife, costing about seventy- five cents, will be necessary; It should be used only for this purpose.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

Using a small, sharp boning knife, cut off tail.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

"It is a boning knife, but doubtless one of our men used it in cutting celery for salad, or some such purpose."

From Vicky Van by Wells, Carolyn