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cleaver

[ klee-ver ]

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noun

a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.
a person or thing that cleaves. cleave.

cleaver

/ ˈkliːvə /

cleaver

/ klē′vər /

A bifacial stone tool flaked to produce a straight, sharp, relatively wide edge at one end. Cleavers are early core tools associated primarily with the Acheulian tool culture.

Origin of cleaver¹

First recorded in 1325–75, cleaver is from the Middle English word clevere. See cleave ², -er ¹

I even advocated buying a special cleaver just for carving your Thanksgiving bird.

He’ll guide the Disappointment Cleaver again next season if he feels like conditions are reasonable, but he’s done guiding the Kautz for good.

It also contains a few unique items like an extra-wide metal spatula that doubles as a cleaver and bottle opener.

Forged in Germany, Wusthof’s santoku knife marries the best elements of a chef’s knife and a cleaver.

A set of meat-cleaver cuts to the domestic discretionary budget.

A hunter comes across a sickly gorilla, too weak to defend itself from the blows of his cleaver.

Politico reported that a man had been arrested for allegedly spitting at Cleaver, but the congressman refused to press charges.

Nye alleged that all of the Tea Party members spat on her future boss, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).

Whittam said Adebolajo held the meat cleaver above his head before he was shot down by officers.

They accordingly suffered the punishment, the wrist being divided by a cleaver driven through the joint by force of a mallet.

Contrary to my expectation Tinah this afternoon brought on board the cleaver that had been stolen.

Before adding the next budget, two points in Lucy Cleaver's outlay should, perhaps, be emphasized in the interest of common sense.

Under its edge the dusky metal of Khosatral's body gave way like common flesh beneath a cleaver.

Because of the hardness of the covering, a cleaver or a hatchet is generally required to open the squash and cut it into pieces.

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