dinner knife


noun

a knife used in eating the main course of a meal.

Example sentences from the Web for dinner knife

  • He had a dinner-knife in his hand, and, as I saw he was dangerous, I tried to keep the table between us.

    Dracula |Bram Stoker
  • The blades are themselves seven inches of this length, and are flat, like the blade of a dinner-knife brought to a point.

    The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon |Samuel White Baker
  • The young man, tilting back in his chair, rapped on the table with the handle of his dinner-knife.

    The Burning Spear |John Galsworthy