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Claw grip

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, claw grip means: A guiding-hand position with fingertips curled inward while food is held for cutting.

In Turkish: pençe tutuşu

How it is used

Knife-skills lessons use the term for the hand holding the food.

Example sentences

  1. The instructor demonstrated the claw grip with a carrot.

    The term identifies the guiding hand's curled-finger position.

  2. His guiding hand lost its claw grip as the onion grew smaller.

    The observation concerns hand position during a changing cutting task.

Common collocations

  • use a claw grip
  • guiding-hand claw grip
  • chef's knifeA large all-purpose kitchen knife with a broad, slightly curved blade, usually 20 to 25 cm long, used for most chopping, slicing and dicing.
  • cutting boardA flat board made of plastic or wood on which food is cut. Professional kitchens often use boards of different colours for different types of food.

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