oyster knife

noun

A knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.

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Meanings

nounoyster knife (plural oyster knives)

plural oyster knives

  1. A knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.

    That Puddin', sir, and me, has, back to back, Withstood the fearful Rumty Tums' attack, And swum the Indian Ocean for our lives, Pursued by Oysters, armed with oyster knives.

    1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 160

Translations

French couteau à huîtres
  • couteau à huîtresknife
German Austernmesser
  • Austernmesserknife
Polish nóż do ostryg
  • nóż do ostrygknife

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with oyster knife

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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