paring knife

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   a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables

   Synonymsparer

   Broaderknife

Questions about paring knife

What does paring knife mean?

paring knife means "a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables".

What is another word for paring knife?

Close synonyms include parer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paring knife a common word?

paring knife is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.