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cleav⋅er
[klee-ver] 
vər
–noun
| 1. | a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, esp. one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces. |
| 2. | a person or thing that cleaves. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cleaver
Cleav"er\, n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : cleaver
Spanish:
cuchillo de carnicero,
German:
das Hackbeil,
Japanese:
肉切り包丁
| cleaver (klē'vər) Pronunciation Key
A bifacial stone tool flaked to produce a straight, sharp, relatively wide edge at one end. Cleavers are early core tools associated primarily with the Acheulian tool culture. |
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cleaver
heavy, axlike knife used since the Middle Pleistocene era to cut through animal bone and meat; in modern times the cleaver, generally made of iron or carbon steel, remains a requisite tool of the butcher and a common kitchen implement. The versatility of the cleaver is probably best exemplified by its prominent role in Chinese-style cooking, in which it figures in every step of preparation from chopping firewood to butchering meat to slicing delicate vegetables and even whittling chopsticks. Its flat side is used like a mallet to pound and tenderize meat.
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