Mezzaluna (noun)
mets-a-loo-na
a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.
Mezzaluna, “a crescent-shaped chopping knife,” literally means “half-moon, crescent” in Italian and is a compound of mezza, feminine of mezzo “middle,” and luna “moon”
Example sentences
“She handled the mezzaluna deftly.”