cleaver

Meaning

1. A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
2. (Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
3. (figuratively) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
4. A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
5. A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.

Synonyms

chopper

meat cleaver

splitter

butcher’s knife

hatchet

hogback

knife

🔪

machete

razorblade

razor blade

sword

butcher knife

kitchen knife

sliter

large chopping-knife

butcher’s chopper

jungle-knife

bricklayer’s cleaver

blade

cunning

cute

Translations

couperet

Cleaver

μπαλτάς

cutelo

fendoir

cuchilla

🔪

mes

🔪

Hackmesser

Hackbeil

mannaia

🪓

Labkraut

mannarino

hakmes

coltella

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklivɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clevere

In summary

From Middle English clevere, equivalent to cleave + -er.