butter knife

noun

1. a small knife with a dull blade, for cutting, serving, or spreading butter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of butter knife¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Everything from butter knives to headache medicine was locked up.

From Seattle Times

“The best weeding tool is a butter knife,” Rojas says confidentially.

From Los Angeles Times

Cool muffins on a rack for 5 minutes, then use a thin offset spatula or butter knife to extract each from its cup.

From Seattle Times

Burns’s prose pours out in dense, heavily referential paragraphs you may need more than a butter knife to cut through, and the forward engine of plot feels more like a suggestion than a fact.

From New York Times

The butter knife has been separated from the butter dish.

From Salon