POCKETKNIFE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: pocketknives

Meaning:

A knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket

Synonyms:

pocket knife; pocketknife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pocketknife" is a kind of...):

knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pocketknife"):

clasp knife; jackknife (a large knife with one or more folding blades)

penknife (a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens)

flick-knife; flick knife; switchblade; switchblade knife (a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button)