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knife-edge
noun as in fold
noun as in plica
noun as in plication
noun as in rimple
Example Sentences
It’ll keep your knife in exactly the right position, so you don’t have to worry about creating a weird angle on the knife edge.
Sukowa, perhaps best known for the films she made with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, walks this knife edge deftly.
Use a light touch, slope the knifeblade and slice with knife edge away from you (Figure 1).
He had hunted mountain sheep and imagined sun and frost had worn the rocks to something like a knife-edge.
In the heights are numerous ledges and knife-edge ridges on which but little snow can lodge.
This ruby pin acts on a knife edge, but for all that the engaging friction during the unlocking action is considerable.
The knife-edge is then turned forward and made to cut its way out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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