as in knife
a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat
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Recent Examples of cleaver
The pair have also found many functioning skeleton keys, milk bottles and caps from 1902 to 1940, and a large meat cleaver hanging in the basement ceiling rafters.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
The older woman paces from one wall of the sauna to the other, with a hand on her waist and the other straight out, like a cleaver.
—Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Premium features Some knife blocks have special slots for big knives such as machetes or cleavers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
The House version of the bill, if it's embraced by the Senate, would bring a cleaver down on a great big pile of those carrots.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 3 June 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
The older woman paces from one wall of the sauna to the other, with a hand on her waist and the other straight out, like a cleaver.
—Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Premium features Some knife blocks have special slots for big knives such as machetes or cleavers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
The House version of the bill, if it's embraced by the Senate, would bring a cleaver down on a great big pile of those carrots.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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Early in the investigation, authorities searched trash cans in the alley outside the Rainbow Room for knives but tested only a few of the liquor bottles in the club for prints.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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Here’s a handsome Japanese cutting board that’s designed to minimize stress on your hand and lengthen the life of your chef’s knives.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Guess where most cord cutters and cord nevers are flocking instead for their broadcast and cable fix?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Two weeks ago, Ramírez clobbered a cutter from Troy Melton for a go-ahead home run to complete a sweep in Detroit.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are flies in the folds of her kitchen curtains, probably, and a machete left out on the lawn.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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From smashing into glass doors as a burglar to attacking with a machete and acting as a ‘dangerous’ nanny, the Unitree G1 was initially tested for its usefulness as an assistant before appearing for the durability tests.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, Rainey wins over Loretta, who buys the dagger just so Rainey can keep it as a memory of Lester.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The dagger was a 69-yard catch-and-run by Robinson in the third quarter, with linebacker Bobby Wagner trailing in coverage.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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