Meaning

1 senses
  1. A kind of knife hooked at the point, used for marking outlines on metal, wood, etc.

Origin

From race (“to cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object”, verb) +

From race (“to cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object”, verb) + knife.

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Forms

plural: race knives
Singularrace knife
Pluralrace knives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
raceB1race-tool

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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