dinner knife

American  

noun

1. a knife used in eating the main course of a meal.

---

Example Sentences

She continued, “I can be interested in what someone says instead of worrying that they will stab me with a dinner knife. Not having to worry about all these radically unexpected things frees up that attention and that possibility of enjoyment.”

From New York Times

Please help me not to stab her with my dinner knife.

From Washington Post

Then came two chilling murders: A lawyer who represented drug king pins was assassinated as she stepped out of a meeting, and a young woman was stabbed to death with a dinner knife while visiting a drug trafficker in prison.

From New York Times

It occurred to me that draining it would concentrate the flavor, and here’s how to do it: First, wrap it in a layer of cheesecloth, then tie the cheesecloth like a sack to a chopstick, skewer or dinner knife, and finally hang the sack over a deep bowl.

From Seattle Times

Spoon the purée into the cheesecloth, tie the ends of the cheesecloth together to form a bag and thread a chopstick, skewer or dinner knife through the opening at the top.

From Seattle Times