knife-handle

1. 1.

   marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell

   Synonymsrazor clamjackknife clam

   Broaderclam

   Part ofEnsis

Questions about knife-handle

What does knife-handle mean?

knife-handle means "marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell".

How many syllables are in knife-handle?

knife-handle has 4 syllables and divides as kni-fe--han-dle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.