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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a type of knife" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when categorizing or describing a specific kind of knife within a broader classification.
Example: "A chef's knife is a type of knife that is essential for various kitchen tasks, including chopping and slicing."
Alternatives: "a kind of knife" or "a category of knife".
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Sadly her downfall will come during the treasure hunt week, when she slips over the banana peel item – gets confused at what a "trivet" is, that sort of thing; accidentally ends up driving out to Watford to spend £400 on a type of knife – and costs her team the game.
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There are groups of abandoned houses claimed by the sea and wind, containing items such as lamps, stone tools and ulus – a type of half moon-shaped knife used to skin seals and caribou.
Urban Librarians Unite abbreviates as ULU, which happens to spell the word for a type of Inuit-Yupik (Eskimo) knife.
In the first season of CSI, technicians made a plaster mold of the interior of a wound to determine the type of knife used to make the wound, which is not possible with current technology.
Neiman declined to specify the type of knife, but a police source described it as a fixed blade that was not large.
This type of knife is often called a paring knife, because of their use in this task.
The only type of knife that is excluded from this definition is a "folding pocketknife", a penknife in normal parlance, with a blade of three inches or less.
There is only one type of knife that should be used for opening clams - a clamming knife.
In the 20th century it became fashionable to convert the serpentine-front type of knife cases into cabinets for holding stationery.
The type of knife used to create the dish is credited with bringing out the right flavours and stop the flesh of the fish bruising, so carefully learned cutting techniques are principal.
This is the type of knife that will last forever.
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