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sharpeners

sharpeners is the plural of sharpener.

Meaning of sharpener

Noun

sharpener (plural sharpeners)

  1. A device for making things sharp.
    • There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.
  2. (figuratively) That which makes something sharp.
    • “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]1795, Hannah More, The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain
  3. (informal) An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.
    • The summery G&T somehow loses its clink-clink-fizz perfection as an after-work sharpener and just seems to rub our noses in the dank gloom ahead.2015 October 22, Kate Hawkings, “Drink: make mine a gin, but hold the tonic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Phrases with sharpeners

Questions about sharpeners

What is sharpeners the plural of?
Sharpeners is the plural of sharpener.

Words near sharpeners in the dictionary

  1. sharpen up
  2. sharpenable
  3. sharpened
  4. sharpened up
  5. sharpener
  6. sharpeners
  7. sharpenest
  8. sharpeneth
  9. sharpening
  10. sharpening stone
  11. sharpening stones

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