Synonyms of cleavers

cleavers

noun

plural of cleaver

as in knives

a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat

Related Words

• knives
• cutters
• machetes
• daggers
• shivs
• shanks
• swords
• cutlasses
• bayonets
• steels
• poniards
• hacks
• bolos
• bodkins
• switchblades
• dirks
• pocketknives
• stilettos
• stylets
• rapiers
• sheath knives
• sabers
• yataghans
• scalpels
• switch knives
• bowie knifes
• jackknives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cleavers

From all directions at once, the butchers were crushing toward the exits, holding their boning knives and cleavers aloft. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

Investigators were then led to the Amityville home, where police recovered a large folding knife, a large kitchen knife and two meat cleavers, Tierney said in April 2024. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026

The sound of meat cleavers chopping pork on the wooden board, or the smell of whole hogs roasting on the brick pits overnight—these are just as much a part of the experience as the barbecue itself. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025

After the Buffs’ opening drive stalled at midfield, leading to a nifty Damon Graves punt that pinned Houston to its own 3, the hosts got out the cleavers and went to work. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025

Specifically, there are a ton of underbarrel attachments that are great, from hucking cleavers at enemies for one shot kills, shooting out gravity wells, laying down corrosive pools or an AOE energy blast around you. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025