cleaver

A noun referring to a large, square-bladed knife used by butchers for chopping meat or cutting through bone.

• 🇫🇷Grand couteau à lame rectangulaire utilisé par les bouchers pour hacher la viande ou couper les os.

1. Butcher's knife B1 formal culinary

   A heavy, broad-bladed knife used by butchers for chopping meat and bones.

   • The chef used a cleaver to chop the chicken into pieces.
   • He sharpened the cleaver before cutting the meat.
   • A cleaver is essential for breaking down large cuts of beef.

   🇫🇷Couteau de boucher

   Synonymes: butcher knifechoppermeat cleaver

• cleavers plural form
• cleavers' possessive plural form
• cleaver's possessive singular form