cleaver.
A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
Meaning & usage
A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
A Paleolithic biface.
A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English clevere, equivalent to cleave + -er.
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