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- DictionaryBut·ter knife/ˈbədər nīf/
noun
- 1. a blunt knife used for cutting or spreading butter or other similar spreads.
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In common usage, a butter knife may refer to any non-serrated table knife designed with a dull edge and rounded point; formal cutlery patterns make a distinction between such a place knife (or table knife) and a butter knife. In this usage, a butter knife (or master butter knife) is a sharp-pointed, dull-edged knife, often with a sabre shape, used only to serve out pats of butter from a central bu... Wikipedia