Usually means: Device for sharpening pencil tips.
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  1. pencil sharpener: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pencil sharpener: Merriam-Webster
  3. pencil sharpener: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pencil sharpener: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pencil sharpener: Vocabulary.com
  6. pencil-sharpener: Wordnik
  7. pencil sharpener: Wiktionary
  8. pencil sharpener: Dictionary.com
  9. Pencil sharpener: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. pencil sharpener: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pencil sharpener: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. pencil sharpener: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pencil sharpener: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pencil sharpener)

▸ noun:  A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

Similar:
pencil-sharpener, pencil pointer, parer, pencil topper, pencil, mechanical pencil, propelling pencil, styptic pencil, topper, pointel, more...

Types:
hand-held, electric, battery-operated, desktop, more...

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Similar:
pencil-sharpener, pencil pointer, parer, pencil topper, pencil, mechanical pencil, propelling pencil, styptic pencil, topper, pointel, more...

Types:
hand-held, electric, battery-operated, desktop, more...



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