: a knife with usually a flexible steel blade and no cutting edge used to mix colors or to apply colors (as to a painting)
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Recent Examples on the WebThis exhibition still showcases his extraordinary atmospheric effects — a sunset in a wash of mauve oils, a squall rendered with a few strokes of a palette knife. Jason Farago, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022 The surfaces are nervous and brightly acidic in feeling; the paint, laid on with a palette knife, deliciously resembles cake frosting. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Using a small offset palette knife or a piping bag, spread the frosting over the cake layer and make a dam around it. Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2021 When cooked leave them in the tins for only about 30 seconds, then loosen the edges by sliding a palette knife all round and turn them onto a wire cooling rack. Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2021 Spread cooked chocolate mint filling in the middle, level it with a palette knife. Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2021 Use a long metal palette knife to spread the glaze over the top of the cake.BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021 In a moment that has now passed into ball-design legend, Pinel grabbed the core, which was still soft because the polyester had yet to cure, and sliced off the ends with a palette knife. Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 27 May 2021 Level the tops of the soufflés with a palette knife, then place onto a baking tray and bake in the oven for 8 minutes. Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 20 May 2021 See More