cleaver

[ klee-ver ]

/ ˈkli vər /

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noun

a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.

a person or thing that cleaves.

Origin of cleaver

First recorded in 1325–75, cleaver is from the Middle English word clevere. See cleave², -er¹

Words nearby cleaver

cleavage line, cleavage product, cleavage site, cleavage spindle, cleave, cleaver, cleavers, cleburne, cleck, cleek, cleese

Example sentences from the Web for cleaver

A hunter comes across a sickly gorilla, too weak to defend itself from the blows of his cleaver.

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Politico reported that a man had been arrested for allegedly spitting at Cleaver, but the congressman refused to press charges.

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Rather than rationalize the tax code, or reform entitlements, the government has taken a cleaver to discretionary spending.

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Gun ownership is tightly controlled in China, where mass attacks usually involve men with a knife, cleaver, or machete.

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As Cleaver put it, the caucus “is always hesitant to criticize the president.”

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They accordingly suffered the punishment, the wrist being divided by a cleaver driven through the joint by force of a mallet.

The Fortunes of Nigel |Sir Walter Scott
Flatten it by striking with broad blade of knife or a cleaver.

The Century Cook Book |Mary Ronald
An interview which Cleaver's boy had to endure may throw some light upon this.

Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City |S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
They lost their right hands, the wrist being divided by a cleaver driven through the joint by the force of a mallet.

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In something less than the two hours I had allowed for the passage, the procession of boats reached Cleaver Island.

Breaking Away |Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for cleaver

cleaver

/ (ˈkliːvə) /

noun

a heavy knife or long-bladed hatchet, esp one used by butchers

Scientific definitions for cleaver

cleaver

[ klē′vər ]

A bifacial stone tool flaked to produce a straight, sharp, relatively wide edge at one end. Cleavers are early core tools associated primarily with the Acheulian tool culture.

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