'Cleaver' definitions:

Definition of 'cleaver'

From: WordNet
noun
A butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn: cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]

Definition of 'Cleaver'

From: GCIDE
  • Cleaver \Cleav"er\, n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. [1913 Webster]