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   knife-edge

   /ˈnʌɪfɛdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. the edge of a knife.
   • ▪ (of creases or pleats in a garment) very narrow or sharp.
   • 2. a very tense or dangerous situation: "worried investors could be living on a knife-edge for the next twelve months"
   • 3. a sharp mountain ridge; an arête.
   • 4. a steel wedge on which a pendulum or other device oscillates or is balanced.

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • -

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

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