steak knife

American  

noun

1. a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.

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Etymology

Origin of steak knife

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Their barbs are like steak knives, and the deep puncture wounds they leave are prone to infection — it’s a gritty urban beach and the water is not the cleanest.

From Los Angeles Times

Police have said Nowland, who suffers from dementia, had wandered the facility for several hours and taken a steak knife from the kitchen.

From Reuters

“A big, big theropod with big steak knives sticking out of his mouth.”

From Science Magazine

If you don't have these types of knives, use butter knives for soft cheese and steak knives for harder cheeses.

From Salon

This is a mechanism from an earlier time, a time before almost every device had a motor grafted to it, from the lawn mower to the steak knife to the scalp massager.

From Washington Post