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Honing steel

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, honing steel means: A rod used to maintain a knife edge by realigning it between sharpening sessions.

In Turkish: masat

How it is used

Often shortened to steel in kitchens; honing differs from grinding a new edge.

Example sentences

  1. The chef reached for the honing steel before prep.

    The tool is used for routine edge maintenance.

  2. A honing steel hung beside the knives on the rack.

    The noun names a maintenance tool rather than a cutting blade.

Common collocations

  • use a honing steel
  • knife honing steel
  • 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.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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