cleaver
IPA: kɫˈivɝ
noun
- A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
- (music, Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
- (figurative) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
- (rowing) A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
- A surname from Middle English.
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Examples of "cleaver" in Sentences
- He used a cleaver to chop off the meat.
- But he doesn't run amuck with a meat cleaver.
- I just prefer the surgical scalpel to the AfD cleaver.
- Eldridge Cleaver with the Peace and Freedom Party in 1968.
- It is the first installment in the John Wayne Cleaver trilogy.
- The article states that Cleaver was a Presidential candidate in 1968.
- In the graphic novel, Rorschach kills the two dogs with a meat cleaver.
- In 1976 another owner opened the Cleaver Steakhouse in the basement space.
- Rachel Mason and Rob Cleaver however discovered this and halted the match.
- Is Borat, the character not a cleaver way of depicting the Polish stereotype