How to Use santoku in a Sentence

santoku

noun
  • Mercer Culinary’s santoku knife is one of the best for its value.
    — Popular Science, 18 Aug. 2020
  • This is a reliable, easy-to-use santoku knife with a strong German steel blade.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
  • This handy kit includes a bread knife, a seven-inch santoku knife, and a razor-sharp seven-inch chef’s knife.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Forged in Germany, Wusthof’s santoku knife marries the best elements of a chef’s knife and a cleaver.
    — Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Lightweight and razor-sharp, gyuto knives are typically longer than their santoku-style cousins.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Fibrox Pro santoku knife delivers an agile stainless steel blade at a pleasing price point.
    — NBC News, 24 June 2020
  • The set comes with six essential cooking blades, including paring, santoku, and chef's knives, along with six steak knives and a pair of kitchen shears.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The best-selling set comes with all the essentials, including paring knives, utility knives, santoku knives, bread knives, and steak knives.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • The 70 percent-off deal includes a chef’s knife, kitchen shears, a bread knife, santoku knife, six steak knives, two utility knives, and a paring knife, as well as a place to store them.
    — Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • This 7-inch santoku from Shun is light and agile, resistant to both corrosion and stains, and protected by 68 layers of stainless Damascus cladding for a long-lasting edge.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The two offerings from Kikuichi Cutlery are a Japanese take on a Western-style chef's knife known as a gyuto, and a six-inch bun'ka which resembles a santoku with a more aggressive snout.
    — Joe Ray, WIRED, 18 May 2018

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