fleshhook

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noun

A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.

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Meanings

nounfleshhook (plural fleshhooks)

plural fleshhooks

  1. historicalA hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.

    It was the custom of Eli's sons (the priest) that when any man brought a sacrifice to God, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook in his hand.

    2005, Edward White, The Fat Belongs to God, page 45

Origin

From flesh + hook.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κρεάγρα
  • κρεάγρα (kreágra)a hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water
Cite this entry
APA

fleshhook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshhook

MLA

“fleshhook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshhook. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleshhook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshhook.

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