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Meaning of Pocketknife | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca cib bıçağı
Bosanski faca
Català navalla
Čeština kapesní nůž
Ελληνικά σουγιάς
Español navaja
Euskara labana
Français canif
Gaeilge scian phóca
Galego canivete faca navalla solla
Hrvatski faca
Magyar bicska zsebkés
Íslenska vasahnífur
ქართული ჯიბის დანა
한국어 주머니칼 추도
Kurdî brîsk
Nederlands zakmes
Polski kozik scyzoryk
Português canivete
Română briceag
Shqip brisk thikëz
Српски faca
ไทย มีดพับ
Türkçe çakı

Examples

“Jimmy had a pocketknife, and he wandered into the drawing-room with it one day, alone, and reduced ten thousand dollars' worth of furniture to an indeterminable value in rather less than three-quarters of an hour.”
“The Army, the Navy, the Maritime Commission, and Lend-Lease demanded more and more pocketknives — for demolition kits, medical kits, aviators’ kits, electricians’ kits; knives with tools, knives with marlin spikes. The pocketknife attained a new status — as indispensable equipment for all men in uniform.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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