cleaver

Meanings

Plural: cleavers

Noun

• a butcher's knife having a large square blade
• A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
• A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
• The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
• A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
• A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.

Synonyms

axe, chopper, meat cleaver

Related Words

cleave, pole cleaver