Audio English.net » Dictionary » P » Pellucidly ... Pending

PENCIL SHARPENER

Dictionary entry overview: What does pencil sharpener mean?

• PENCIL SHARPENER (noun)
The noun PENCIL SHARPENER has 1 sense:

1. a rotary implement for sharpening the point on pencils

Familiarity information: PENCIL SHARPENER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PENCIL SHARPENER (noun)

Sense 1

pencil sharpener ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A rotary implement for sharpening the point on pencils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pencil sharpener" is a kind of...):

sharpener (any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"No gain without pain." (English proverb)

"A starving man will eat with the wolf." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"The day of happiness is short." (Arabic proverb)

"Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin (a yarn)." (Danish proverb)

Related FAQs:

» PENCIL

Page delivered in 0.5634 seconds