Meanings
nounboning knife (plural boning knives)
plural boning knives
- a sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for removing the bones of poultry, meat, and fish.
He held up his right-hand index finger to the light, to reveal a worn-away depression near the knuckle, the upshot of seven decades trimming meat with a narrow-handled boning knife.
2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
Translations
Arabic سِكِّين نَزْع الْعَظْم
- سِكِّين نَزْع الْعَظْم (sikkīn nazʕ al-ʕaẓm)boning knife
Czech vykosťovač
- vykosťovačboning knife
Danish udbenerkniv
- udbenerknivboning knife
Dutch uitbeenmes
- uitbeenmesboning knife
Finnish perkausveitsi, nylkyveitsi
- perkausveitsiboning knife
- nylkyveitsiboning knife
French couteau à désosser, couteau désosseur
- couteau à désosserboning knife
- couteau désosseurboning knife
Polish nóż do filetowania
- nóż do filetowaniaboning knife
Cite this entry
APA
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MLA
“boning knife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boning%20knife. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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