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mechanical pencils

mechanical pencils is the plural of mechanical pencil.

Meaning of mechanical pencil

Noun

mechanical pencil (plural mechanical pencils)

  1. (Canada, US) A writing instrument with a replaceable, mechanically extendable graphite lead that eliminates the need for sharpening.

Questions about mechanical pencils

What is mechanical pencils the plural of?
Mechanical pencils is the plural of mechanical pencil.

Words near mechanical pencils in the dictionary

  1. mechanical larynxes
  2. mechanical lithosphere
  3. mechanical lithospheres
  4. mechanical mouse
  5. mechanical pencil
  6. mechanical pencils
  7. mechanical shovel
  8. mechanical shovels
  9. mechanical splice
  10. mechanical splices
  11. mechanical stoker

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