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knife-edge - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'knife-edge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Knife-edge [ n.]
- A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.

Meaning of 'knife-edge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . knife-edge [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a narrow boundary
Example in sentence:
  • he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity

Nearby Words:

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