Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knife-handle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: knife-han-dle
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The grip of a knife.

Example Sentences

"Please turn that cardboard face down, and take this one, and compare it searchingly by the magnifier, with the fatal signature upon the knife-handle, and report your finding to the court.”"
"She could guess, and she saw the knife-handle, but she didn’t know."
"The earliest of their known productions, the ivory knife-handle in the Louvre has perfect figures of dogs, goat, ibex and cheetah, unsurpassed in truth and spirit."

Inflected Forms

knife-handles (plural) knifehandle (alternative) knife handle (alternative)

Synonyms

razor clam jackknife clam

Questions

What does knife-handle mean?: The grip of a knife.

How to pronounce knife-handle

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