cleaver
noun/ˈkliːvə(r)/
/ˈkliːvər/
- a heavy knife with a broad metal blade, used for cutting large pieces of meat
- With a meat cleaver or heavy chef’s knife, cut the chicken into large pieces.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCleaver is used after these nouns:- meat
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