Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chopping-knife

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: chop-ping-knife
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, heavy-bladed knife designed primarily to be used with a chopping stroke.

Example Sentences

"After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack, killing one and wounding the other two, receiving himself numbers of slight wounds, and then swimming off again when almost exhausted."

Inflected Forms

chopping-knives (plural)

Questions

What does chopping-knife mean?: A large, heavy-bladed knife designed primarily to be used with a chopping stroke.

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