I need a pencil sharpener.
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Sharpener
//ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "sharpener" (29 found)
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Related words (14)
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2 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀξυντήρ noun (device for making things sharp)
Arabic
2 entries- بَرَّايَة noun (device for making things sharp)
- مِبْرَاة noun (device for making things sharp)
Assamese
1 entries- জোঙালী noun (device for making things sharp)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܲܚܪܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (device for making things sharp)
Basque
1 entries- zorrozkailu noun (device for making things sharp)
Bulgarian
1 entries- острилка noun (device for making things sharp)
Chinese
1 entries- 磨削器 noun (device for making things sharp)
Dutch
1 entries- slijper noun (device for making things sharp)
Esperanto
2 entries- akrigilo noun (device for making things sharp)
- pintigilo noun (device for making things sharp)
Finnish
1 entries- teroitin noun (device for making things sharp)
French
2 entries- affûteuse noun (device for making things sharp)
- aiguiseur noun (device for making things sharp)
Galician
2 entries- aguzadoira noun (device for making things sharp)
- chaira noun (device for making things sharp)
Georgian
1 entries- სათლელი noun (device for making things sharp)
German
1 entries- Spitzer noun (device for making things sharp)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְחַדֵּד noun (device for making things sharp)
Hungarian
4 entries- fenőkő noun (device for making things sharp)
- hegyező noun (device for making things sharp)
- szerszámélező noun (device for making things sharp)
- élesítő noun (device for making things sharp)
Italian
1 entries- affilatrice noun (device for making things sharp)
Japanese
1 entries- 鉛筆削り noun (device for making things sharp)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រដាប់សំរួច noun (device for making things sharp)
Korean
1 entries- 가는 기구 noun (device for making things sharp)
Ladino
1 entries- aguzador noun (device for making things sharp)
Marathi
2 entries- तीक्ष्णक noun (device for making things sharp)
- शार्पनर noun (device for making things sharp)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- qelemtiraş noun (device for making things sharp)
- tûjker noun (device for making things sharp)
Polish
2 entries- strugaczka noun (device for making things sharp)
- temperówka noun (device for making things sharp)
Portuguese
2 entries- amolador noun (device for making things sharp)
- apontador noun (device for making things sharp)
Romanian
1 entries- ascuțitor noun (device for making things sharp)
Russian
1 entries- заточник noun (device for making things sharp)
Slovene
1 entries- šilček noun (device for making things sharp)
Spanish
1 entries- sacapuntas noun (device for making things sharp)
Swahili
1 entries- kichongeo noun (device for making things sharp)
Tagalog
1 entries- pantasa noun (device for making things sharp)
Turkish
1 entries- kalem tıraşı noun (device for making things sharp)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thợ mài dao kéo noun (device for making things sharp)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom has an electric pencil sharpener.
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Do you have a pencil sharpener? I need to sharpen my pencil.
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When he couldn't find his pencil sharpener, Luis tried to sharpen his pencil with his scissors. But when he wasn't able to, he went to go buy a new pencil sharpener.
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