"utility knife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: utility knives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|utility knives}} utility knife (plural utility knives)
  1. A cutting tool that has an interchangeable blade that retracts into the handle. Wikipedia link: utility knife Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: boxcutter, Exacto knife, Stanley knife Translations (cutting tool): cúter [masculine] (Catalan), tallant [masculine] (Catalan), tallador [masculine] (Catalan), 鎅刀 (Chinese Cantonese), 𰾛刀 (gaai³ dou¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 美工刀 (měigōngdāo) (Chinese Mandarin), hobbykniv [common-gender] (Danish), stanleymes [neuter] (Dutch), hobbymes [neuter] (Dutch), mattoveitsi (Finnish), mattopuukko (Finnish), couteau à lame rétractable [masculine] (French), cutter (French), exacto [Canada, masculine] (French), cúter [masculine] (Galician), Teppichmesser [neuter] (German), Cutter [masculine] (German), Cuttermesser [neuter] (German), סכין יפני [masculine] (Hebrew), sniccer (Hungarian), pengekés (Hungarian), barkácskés (Hungarian), dúkahnífur [masculine] (Icelandic), taglierino [masculine] (Italian), trincetto [masculine] (Italian), cutter [masculine] (Italian), カッターナイフ (kattā naifu) (Japanese), カッター (kattā) (Japanese), 커터 칼 (keoteo kal) (Korean), pappkniv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teppekniv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nóż introligatorski [masculine] (Polish), estilete [masculine] (Portuguese), x-ato [masculine] (Portuguese), cutter [neuter] (Romanian), канцеля́рский нож (kanceljárskij nož) [masculine] (Russian), нож Стэ́нли (nož Stɛ́nli) [masculine] (Russian), cúter [masculine] (Spanish), trincheta [feminine] (Spanish), bisturí plástico [masculine] (Spanish), mattkniv [common-gender] (Swedish), falçata (Turkish), dao rọc giấy (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "cutting tool",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cutting tool",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "cutting tool",
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      "sense": "cutting tool",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cutting tool",
      "word": "falçata"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cutting tool",
      "word": "dao rọc giấy"
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}

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