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CLEAVER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does cleaver mean?

• CLEAVER (noun)
The noun CLEAVER has 1 sense:

1. a butcher's knife having a large square blade

Familiarity information: CLEAVER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLEAVER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A butcher's knife having a large square blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cleaver; meat cleaver; chopper

Hypernyms ("cleaver" is a kind of...):

knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)

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