palette knife

noun

: a knife with usually a flexible steel blade and no cutting edge used to mix colors or to apply colors (as to a painting)

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Non-brush accessories Some brush sets come with non-brush accessories, such as a palette knife or sponge. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2026 Using your palette knife, scoop a generous amount of spackle and spread it evenly across the canvas. — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025 The rough surface is then painstakingly smoothed with palette knives before aluminum foil is pasted on top. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025 In restaurant kitchens, people often have a metal scraper that looks a bit like a palette knife for this; your pastry scraper can also work. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 17 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for palette knife

Word History

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of palette knife was in 1760

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“Palette knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palette%20knife. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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