butter knife

See also: butterknife

English

A butter knife on top of a buttered crumpet.

Alternative forms

• butterknife

Noun

butter knife (plural butter knives)

1. A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.

Usage notes

A master butter knife is a sharp-pointed, dull-edged knife used only to serve out pats of butter from a central butter dish to individual diners' plates.

Synonyms

• butter spreader

Translations

dull-edged knife for spreading butter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃油刀／黄油刀 (huángyóu dāo)

• Esperanto: butertranĉilo
• Estonian: võinuga
• Finnish: voiveitsi (fi)
• French: couteau à beurre (fr) m
• Galician: coitelo de manteiga (gl) m, coitelo de untar (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Buttermesser (de) n
• Icelandic: smjörhnífur m
• Italian: coltello da burro m
• Japanese: バターナイフ (batā naifu)
• Polish: nóż do masła m
• Russian: нож для ма́сла m (nož dlja másla)