sharpener
Word family (noun) sharpener sharpness sharp (adjective) sharp (verb) sharpen (adverb) sharp sharply sharpish
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily lifesharpenersharp‧en‧er /ˈʃɑːpənə, ˈʃɑːpnə $ ˈʃɑːrpənər, ˈʃɑːrpnər/ noun [countable]
Da tool or machine for sharpening pencils, knives etcExamples from the Corpussharpener• The Karisma Art Holder from Berol is a slick, functional pencil with a cleverly concealed sharpener, for artists and designers.• I had a little sharpener to keep the points just right.• The crayons can be sharpened in an ordinary sharpener as long as it's designed to take the thicker pencils or crayons.• His leg sort of jams into the plastic like a pencil into a pencil sharpener.• He turned the sharpener slowly, keeping his eye on the lead.