butter knife

noun

A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.

Similar
butter spreader
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Meanings

nounbutter knife (plural butter knives)

plural butter knives · alternative butterknife

  1. A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.

    Synonyms: butter spreader

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.

Similar
butter spreader

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 黃油刀 /黄油刀
  • 黃油刀 /黄油刀 (huángyóu dāo)dull-edged knife for spreading butter
Esperanto butertranĉilo
  • butertranĉilodull-edged knife for spreading butter
Estonian võinuga
  • võinugadull-edged knife for spreading butter
Finnish voiveitsi
  • voiveitsidull-edged knife for spreading butter
French couteau à beurre
  • couteau à beurredull-edged knife for spreading butter
German Buttermesser
  • Buttermesserdull-edged knife for spreading butter
Icelandic smjörhnífur
  • smjörhnífurdull-edged knife for spreading butter
Italian coltello da burro
  • coltello da burrodull-edged knife for spreading butter
Japanese バターナイフ
  • バターナイフ (batā naifu)dull-edged knife for spreading butter
Korean 버터 나이프
  • 버터 나이프 (beoteo naipeu)dull-edged knife for spreading butter
Polish nóż do masła
  • nóż do masładull-edged knife for spreading butter
Portuguese faca de manteiga
  • faca de manteigadull-edged knife for spreading butter
Russian нож для ма́сла
  • нож для ма́сла (nož dlja másla)dull-edged knife for spreading butter
Spanish cuchillo de untar
  • cuchillo de untardull-edged knife for spreading butter
Turkish tereyağ bıçağı, tereyağı bıçağı
  • tereyağ bıçağıdull-edged knife for spreading butter
  • tereyağı bıçağıdull-edged knife for spreading butter
Cite this entry
APA

butter knife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butter%20knife

MLA

“butter knife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butter%20knife. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butter knife,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butter%20knife.

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