"sharpener" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sharpener.wav Forms: sharpeners [plural]
Etymology: From sharpen + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|sharpen|-er|id2=agent noun}} sharpen + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sharpener (plural sharpeners)
  1. A device for making things sharp. Categories (topical): Drinking Translations (device for making things sharp): ὀξυντήρ (oxuntḗr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مِبْرَاة (mibrāh) [feminine] (Arabic), بَرَّايَة (barrāya) [feminine] (Arabic), জোঙালী (züṅali) (Assamese), ܡܲܚܪܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥrpānīṯā) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), zorrozkailu (Basque), острилка (ostrilka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 磨削器 (Chinese), slijper [masculine] (Dutch), akrigilo (Esperanto), pintigilo (Esperanto), teroitin (Finnish), affûteuse [feminine] (French), aiguiseur [masculine] (French), chaira [feminine] (Galician), aguzadoira [feminine] (Galician), სათლელი (satleli) (Georgian), Spitzer [masculine] (German), מְחַדֵּד (mekhadéd) [masculine] (Hebrew), hegyező (Hungarian), élesítő (Hungarian), élező (Hungarian), szerszámélező (Hungarian), fenőkő (Hungarian), affilatrice [feminine] (Italian), とぎ器 (Japanese), ប្រដាប់សំរួច (prɑɑdapsɑmruəc) (Khmer), 가는 기구 (ganeun gigu) (Korean), aguzador [masculine] (Ladino), tûjker [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), qelemtiraş (Northern Kurdish), temperówka [feminine] (Polish), strugaczka [feminine] (Polish), apontador (Portuguese), amolador [masculine] (Portuguese), ascuțitor (Romanian), заточник (zatočnik) [masculine] (Russian), šilček (Slovene), sacapuntas [masculine] (Spanish), kichongeo (Swahili), pantasa (Tagalog), kalem tıraşı (Turkish), thợ mài dao kéo (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figurative) That which makes something sharp. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sharpener-en-noun-m8qwHCwE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39
  3. (informal) An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-sharpener-en-noun-qSITLR16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pencil sharpener Related terms: sharp

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "とぎ器"
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "ប្រដាប់សំរួច"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "가는 기구"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "word": "tûjker"
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "qelemtiraş"
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "word": "aguzador"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "strugaczka"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "apontador"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "ascuțitor"
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "šilček"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "kichongeo"
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      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "pantasa"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "kalem tıraşı"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device for making things sharp",
      "word": "thợ mài dao kéo"
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