fleshhook

noun

1

: a hook for lifting pieces of flesh (as from a pot)

2

: a hook on which to hang meat (as in a butcher shop)

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from flesh + hook

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Rhymes for fleshhook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• hornbook