"butter knife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butter knives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|butter knives}} butter knife (plural butter knives)
  1. A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it. Wikipedia link: butter knife Categories (topical): Cutlery Synonyms: butter spreader, butterknife Derived forms: master butter knife, sharp as a butter knife Translations (dull-edged knife for spreading butter): 黃油刀 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄油刀 (huángyóu dāo) (Chinese Mandarin), butertranĉilo (Esperanto), võinuga (Estonian), voiveitsi (Finnish), couteau à beurre [masculine] (French), coitelo de manteiga [masculine] (Galician), coitelo de untar [masculine] (Galician), Buttermesser [neuter] (German), smjörhnífur [masculine] (Icelandic), coltello da burro [masculine] (Italian), バターナイフ (batā naifu) (Japanese), nóż do masła [masculine] (Polish), нож для ма́сла (nož dlja másla) [masculine] (Russian)

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