examples of kitchen knives [3]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The shape and size of kitchen knives vary depending on their use and the type of food for which they are intended.
peeler ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Its pivoting blade follows the contours of the fruits and vegetables it is used to peel.
butter curler ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Utensil with a serrated hook that creates butter curls when scraped across cold butter.
grapefruit knife ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Knife used to detach citrus fruit pulp.
zester ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Knife whose blade curves at the end and has five small cutting holes; it is used to remove thin strips of rind from citrus fruits.
oyster knife ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Double-edged knife with a guard used to open oyster shells by severing the muscle that holds them closed.