pencil sharpener

noun

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

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sharpenerpencil pointerpencil parerpencil toppertopperparer
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Meanings

nounpencil sharpener (plural pencil sharpeners)

plural pencil sharpeners · alternative pencil-sharpener

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

    Synonyms: sharpener, pencil pointer, pencil parer, pencil topper, topper, parer

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
sharpenerpencil pointerpencil parerpencil toppertopperparer
Also see
pencil parerpencil pointer

Translations

Arabic بَرَّايَة, مِبْرَاة
  • بَرَّايَة (barrāya)device used to sharpen pencils
  • مِبْرَاة (mibrāh)device used to sharpen pencils
Bulgarian острилка
  • острилка (ostrilka)device used to sharpen pencils
Catalan maquineta de fer punta
  • maquineta de fer puntadevice used to sharpen pencils
Chinese Cantonese 鉛筆刨 /铅笔刨, 筆刨 /笔刨
  • 鉛筆刨 /铅笔刨device used to sharpen pencils
  • 筆刨 /笔刨 (bat¹ paau²)device used to sharpen pencils
Chinese Mandarin 鉛筆刀 /铅笔刀, 轉筆刀 /转笔刀
  • 鉛筆刀 /铅笔刀 (qiānbǐdāo)device used to sharpen pencils
  • 轉筆刀 /转笔刀 (zhuànbǐdāo)device used to sharpen pencils
  • 削筆刀 /削笔刀 (xiāobǐdāo)device used to sharpen pencils
  • 筆刨 /笔刨 (bǐpáo)device used to sharpen pencils
  • 鉛筆刨 /铅笔刨 (qiānbǐpáo)device used to sharpen pencils
  • 削鉛筆機 /削铅笔机 (xiāoqiānbǐjī)device used to sharpen pencils
  • 卷筆刀 /卷笔刀 (juǎnbǐdāo)device used to sharpen pencils
Czech ořezávátko
  • ořezávátkodevice used to sharpen pencils
Danish blyantspidser
  • blyantspidserdevice used to sharpen pencils
Dutch slijper, puntenslijper
  • slijperdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • puntenslijperdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • potloodslijperdevice used to sharpen pencils
Esperanto krajonpintigilo
  • krajonpintigilodevice used to sharpen pencils
Finnish kynänteroitin
  • kynänteroitindevice used to sharpen pencils
French taille-crayon, aiguisoir
  • taille-crayondevice used to sharpen pencils
  • aiguisoirdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • aiguise-crayondevice used to sharpen pencils
German Anspitzer, Spitzer
  • Anspitzerdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • Spitzerdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • Bleistiftspitzerdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • Griffelspitzerdevice used to sharpen pencils
Greek ξύστρα
  • ξύστρα (xýstra)device used to sharpen pencils
Hindi पेंसिल चोखा
  • पेंसिल चोखा (pensil cokhā)device used to sharpen pencils
Hungarian ceruzahegyező, hegyező
  • ceruzahegyeződevice used to sharpen pencils
  • hegyeződevice used to sharpen pencils
  • ceruzafaragódevice used to sharpen pencils
Icelandic yddari
  • yddaridevice used to sharpen pencils
Italian temperamatite, temperino
  • temperamatitedevice used to sharpen pencils
  • temperinodevice used to sharpen pencils
  • temperalapisdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • appuntalapisdevice used to sharpen pencils
Japanese 鉛筆削り
  • 鉛筆削り (enpitsukezuri)device used to sharpen pencils
Korean 연필깎이
  • 연필깎이 (yeonpilkkakki)device used to sharpen pencils
Norwegian blyantspisser
  • blyantspisserdevice used to sharpen pencils
Persian مداد تراش, تراش
  • مداد تراش (medâd-tarâš)device used to sharpen pencils
  • تراش (tarâš)device used to sharpen pencils
Polish temperówka
  • temperówkadevice used to sharpen pencils
Portuguese apontador, apontador de lápis
  • apontadordevice used to sharpen pencils
  • apontador de lápisdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • afiadevice used to sharpen pencils
  • afia-lápisdevice used to sharpen pencils
Romanian ascuțitoare
  • ascuțitoaredevice used to sharpen pencils
Russian точи́лка
  • точи́лка (točílka)device used to sharpen pencils
Spanish sacapuntas, afilador
  • sacapuntasdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • afiladordevice used to sharpen pencils
  • maquinetadevice used to sharpen pencils
  • tajadordevice used to sharpen pencils
  • sacaminasdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • tajalápizdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • maquinilladevice used to sharpen pencils
  • afilalápicesdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • tajalápicesdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • tarjadordevice used to sharpen pencils
Swedish pennvässare
  • pennvässaredevice used to sharpen pencils
Tagalog pantasa
  • pantasadevice used to sharpen pencils
Thai กบเหลาดินสอ, กบ
  • กบเหลาดินสอ (gòp-lǎo-din-sɔ̌ɔ)device used to sharpen pencils
  • กบ (gòp)device used to sharpen pencils
Turkish açacak, kalem açacağı
  • açacakdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • kalem açacağıdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • kalemtıraşdevice used to sharpen pencils
Vietnamese cái gọt bút chì, đồ chuốt viết chì
  • cái gọt bút chìdevice used to sharpen pencils
  • đồ chuốt viết chìdevice used to sharpen pencils
Cite this entry
APA

pencil sharpener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20sharpener

MLA

“pencil sharpener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20sharpener. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pencil sharpener,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil%20sharpener.

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