bread knife

American  

noun

1. a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.

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Etymology

Origin of bread knife

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

When it comes to knives, I really just talk about the three knives that I use — a bread knife, a chef's knife, a paring knife.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2022

The Mercer Culinary Millenia 10-inch bread knife is a stellar blade coupled with a grippy, comfortable handle that earned the top spot in America’s Test Kitchen review of serrated knives.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2020

I looked at her strong, bone-filled hands as she dressed salads and pulled a bread knife back and forth, and for a while I enjoyed watching the strange coherence of a human body in motion.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 17, 2016

He arranges his napkin with an old-world formality, every inch the cultured, mittel-European émigré: perfectly laundered in a cream linen suit, accent as sharp as the bread knife.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015

In his hand was the bread knife that Pater Lumley had used to make sandwiches.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood