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pencil-sharpener

pencil-sharpener is the alternative form of pencil sharpener.

Meaning of pencil sharpener

Noun

pencil sharpener (plural pencil sharpeners)

  1. A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

Forms of pencil-sharpener

pluralpencil-sharpeners

Questions about pencil-sharpener

What is pencil-sharpener the alternative form of?
Pencil-sharpener is the alternative form of pencil sharpener.

Words near pencil-sharpener in the dictionary

  1. pencil-necks
  2. pencil-post bed
  3. pencil-post beds
  4. pencil-pusher
  5. pencil-pushers
  6. pencil-sharpener
  7. pencil-sharpeners
  8. pencil-skirted
  9. pencil-thin
  10. pencilbeam
  11. pencilbeams

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