English noun: knife |
1. | knife (artifact) edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle |
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| Broader (hypernym) | edge tool |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barong, bolo, bolo knife, Bowie knife, bread knife, butcher knife, carving knife, case knife, chopper, cleaver, drawknife, drawshave, hunting knife, letter opener, linoleum cutter, linoleum knife, meat cleaver, paper knife, paperknife, parang, parer, paring knife, pocket knife, pocketknife, pruning knife, sheath knife, slicer, surgical knife, table knife |
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| Part holonym | blade, haft, helve, knife blade, point |
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2. | knife (artifact) a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arm, weapon, weapon system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bayonet, dagger, khukuri, machete, matchet, panga, shiv, sticker, trench knife, yataghan |
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| Part holonym | peak, point, tip |
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3. | knife (shape) any long thin projection that is transient |
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| Samples | Tongues of flame licked at the walls. Rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark.
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| Synonyms | tongue |
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| Broader (hypernym) | projection |
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