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
Think of ordinary tongs as a cleaver, and a Stando as a scalpel.
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Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
No need to bust out the cleaver.
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Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
In a series of sanguinary close-ups, Elvira takes a cleaver to her digits, first slicing them and then fully dismembering them.
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Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2025
Meat cleaver gets past airport security The TSA is investigating how someone was able to bring a meat cleaver on a Delta Air Lines plane in Portland, Oregon.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cleaver
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
No need to bust out the cleaver.
—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
In a series of sanguinary close-ups, Elvira takes a cleaver to her digits, first slicing them and then fully dismembering them.
—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2025
Meat cleaver gets past airport security The TSA is investigating how someone was able to bring a meat cleaver on a Delta Air Lines plane in Portland, Oregon.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
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There is an art to cutting a cantaloupe, which starts long before grabbing the knife and cutting board.
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Excavations also revealed pits containing pottery, bones and a symbolic flint knife, suggesting the area may have hosted ceremonial gatherings long before Stonehenge became the iconic monument seen today.
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There's even a label on the cutter button telling you to press down firmly with two fingers.
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One of the hottest hitters on the planet this month, Soto drilled a 1-2 cutter from Nola into the right field stands with ease in the first inning.
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According to several social media posts on X, someone reportedly brandishing a machete was allegedly shot by an officer or officers.
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Shede Mao, 55, is accused in a criminal complaint and police affidavit of using a machete and dumbbells to slash and bludgeon the 49-year-old victim, whose name had not been formally released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as of Wednesday.
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Messi delivers the dagger Despite thoroughly controlling most of the match, the result was still in doubt late in the second half as Argentina squandered a few opportunities to increase its lead.
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Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment.
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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