steak knife
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steak knife
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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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 ● May 20, 2023
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 ● Jul. 3, 2022
On July 5, the boyfriend found a steak knife in the yard where Montgomery had been standing, according to court documents.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
What Canelo Álvarez did Saturday night was the equivalent of cutting down a redwood tree with a steak knife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
Kuda was trying to help with a wicked-looking steak knife.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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