pencil sharpener

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Noun

pencil sharpener (plural pencil sharpeners)

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

Synonyms

• pencil pointer
• pencil parer
• pencil topper (Ireland)

Translations

• French: taille-crayon, aiguisoir (Canadian French)
• German: Stiftspitzer, (lead pencil) Bleistiftspitzer, (slate pencil) Griffelspitzer, Anspitzer
• Italian: temperamatite
• Portuguese: apontador, apontador de lápis
• Russian: точи́лка
• Spanish: sacapuntas, afila (Northwestern Spain), afilador (Canary Islands), maquineta (Northeastern Spain), tajador (Bolivia), sacaminas (Aragon), tajalápiz (Colombian standard usage), sacapuntas (Asturias)

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