paring knife

English

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 ingredients. It is especially used for precise and controlled cutting.

Translations

A thin-bladed knife for paring fruit

• Dutch: schilmesje (nl)
• Finnish: juuresveitsi, kuorimaveitsi
• French: couteau d’office (fr) m
• Galician: coitelo de estonar (gl) m
• Polish: nóż do obierania m
• Spanish: puntilla (es) f, cuchillo de pelar m, cuchillo de mondar