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Knife edge   /naɪf ɛdʒ/   Listen
Knife edge

noun
1.
The sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife.  Synonym: cutting edge.





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"Knife edge" Quotes from Famous Books



... in extreme darkness. The other side of the ridge of rock was black as night. From side to side the ridge extended, like a jagged knife edge on a prodigious scale; it seemed infinite in extent. Behind them—that is, at their feet—lay the stone-covered expanse they had just traversed; ahead of ...
— The Devolutionist and The Emancipatrix • Homer Eon Flint


Words linked to "Knife edge" :   blade, cutting edge, edge, edge tool


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