boning knife
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
If you do not have the large needle, make the holes with the boning knife or the carving steel, and press the pork through with the fingers.
From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria
Remove carefully from the broiler, using a sharp boning knife to free it from adhesions.
From American Cookery November, 1921 by Hill, Janet McKenzie
"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
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