butter knife
noun
: a small knife with a rounded blade that is used especially for spreading butter on bread during a meal
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Wet a butter knife and scoop out roughly 25g of filling into a dumpling skin.
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Erchen Chang, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
Set a bread plate at the top left corner of the dinner plate, then place the butter knife on top of the bread plate.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
To remove cake from pan, carefully loosen all pan edges including the tube’s with a butter knife.
—Bill Daley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Run a butter knife around the inside edge of the skillet, and gently nudge the layer underneath to loosen.
—Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
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Before Lear and his pioneering series All in the Family, network sitcoms had as much edge as a butter knife.
—Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
The fruit will be firm but easily sliced with a blunt butter knife.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2023
Remove thin outer membrane on back of ribs by loosening with a butter knife and pulling it off; discard.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
Barrett's suggests this method for how to get dry slime out of clothes:
Scrape the excess slime from the material using a butter knife or similar tool.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 27 Aug. 2023
Erchen Chang, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
Set a bread plate at the top left corner of the dinner plate, then place the butter knife on top of the bread plate.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
To remove cake from pan, carefully loosen all pan edges including the tube’s with a butter knife.
—Bill Daley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Run a butter knife around the inside edge of the skillet, and gently nudge the layer underneath to loosen.
—Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
Trending Elon Musk's Big Lie About Tesla Is Finally Exposed
Bob Dylan Stealth Releases 1973 Outtakes LP, Sending Fans on Worldwide Scavenger Hunt
Before Lear and his pioneering series All in the Family, network sitcoms had as much edge as a butter knife.
—Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
The fruit will be firm but easily sliced with a blunt butter knife.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2023
Remove thin outer membrane on back of ribs by loosening with a butter knife and pulling it off; discard.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
Barrett's suggests this method for how to get dry slime out of clothes:
Scrape the excess slime from the material using a butter knife or similar tool.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 27 Aug. 2023
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“Butter knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butter%20knife. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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