letter opener

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. 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).

3. 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.

   Brieföffner

   нож для вскры́тия конве́ртовnož dlja vskrýtija konvértov, нож для вскры́тия пи́семnož dlja vskrýtija písem, нож для конве́ртовnož dlja konvértov

1. Tom handed Mary the letter opener.

   ruТом передал Мэри нож для писем. — Ooneykcall

   deTom reichte Maria den Brieföffner. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

2. Do you have a letter opener?

   deHast du einen Brieföffner? — Luiaard

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

3. I was looking for the letter opener.

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

4. Tom grabbed a letter opener off his desk.

   deTom nahm einen Brieföffner von seinem Schreibtisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

5. Do you have a letter opener I could borrow?

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

regular

• letter-openeralternative