paring knife

English

Etymology

paring +‎ knife

Paring knife.

Noun

paring knife (plural paring knives)

1. A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredient it is majorly used for detailed & controlled cutting.

Related terms

• pare

Translations

A thin-bladed knife for paring fruit

• Dutch: schilmesje (nl)
• Finnish: juuresveitsi, kuorimaveitsi
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• French: couteau d’office (fr) m
• Spanish: puntilla (es) f, cuchillo de pelar m, cuchillo de mondar