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Letter opener
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Noun
- 1 Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.; A device shaped like a fixed-blade knife, usually with a blunt edge; the blunt edge does not slice the envelope so much as precisely tear it.
- 2 dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books wordnet
- 3 Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.; The same sort of device but with a sharpened edge, designed to appeal to customers who enjoy a sharpened one (regardless of whether or not it truly outperforms the nonsharp counterpart).
- 4 Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.; A device incorporating a small razor-style blade in the crotch of a U-shaped plastic handle; it slices the envelope while being, like a safety razor, unlikely to cut the user accidentally.
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