"mezzaluna" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mezzalunas [plural]
Rhymes: -uːnə Etymology: Italian mezzaluna (“half moon”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|mezzaluna||half moon}} Italian mezzaluna (“half moon”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mezzaluna (plural mezzalunas)
  1. A crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle, used to chop food. Wikipedia link: Mezzaluna Translations (crescent-shaped steel blade): vuggekniv [common-gender] (Danish), wiegemes [neuter] (Dutch), keinuveitsi (Finnish), yrttileikkuri (Finnish), hachoir [masculine] (French), Wiegemesser [neuter] (German), Kräuterwiege [feminine] (German), mezzaluna [feminine] (Italian), меццалуна (meccaluna) [feminine] (Russian), tajadera [feminine] (Spanish), örtvagga [neuter] (Swedish)

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