sharpener
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- noun
- /ˈʃɑːrpənər/
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afilador
- Two pencils and a sharpener lay next to him on the breakfast table.
- a pencil sharpener
A tiny shower of sparks erupting from the knife sharpener's truck, who daily leans a blade into stone.
- A tiny shower of sparks erupting from the knife sharpener's truck, who daily leans a blade into stone.
- All right, so this sharpener has a blade clamp and you put the blade in the clamp roughly centered is the goal.
- Like look at these, they are tiny and I'm going to make use of them and their teeny tiny little pencil sharpener and because they're just too cute.
- They're emblazoned with golden mantras like Sharpen with Love, also with a sharpener.
Examples
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My brother's favorite thing was using the pencil sharpener.
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Gus had once offered to buy her an electric sharpener, but Beth had pooh-poohed the suggestion.
Fiction book (1995) -
You do need to get a lead sharpener for this.
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I just bought this pencil sharpener, and I am in love!
Blog text (20) -
And yes, I have that pencil sharpener, and it is the best thing EVER invented.
Blog text (20) -
Now, I am obsessed with acquiring the quietest pencil sharpener in the world.
Blog text (20) -
Jean spies an electric pencil sharpener and plugs it in.
Fiction book (1996) -
One will also need an ample supply of the old-fashioned hand-held twist-type pencil sharpeners (yes, they still make them).
Academic text (2007) -
The participating pupils were given biscuits, sweets, pencils, pens, erasers, and pencil sharpeners as incentives.
Academic text (2007) -
Jay thrust his pencil into the sharpener on his desk and got to work.
Synonyms
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A small tool that makes the tip of a pencil sharp
2
6.7
A stone used to make blades or tools sharp
A machine that uses a rotating stone to make metal surfaces smooth and exact
Compounds
How Effective
- Specialized
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3.9
2
7.6
2
9.8
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sharpener comes from the word sharp ('pointed' or 'able to cut') plus the simple ending -er ('one that does something'), like in baker or cleaner. So a sharpener is a tool that 'makes things sharp'.