Meaning

3 senses
  1. A device for making things sharp.

    There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.

    Spitzer

    заточникzatočnik

  2. (figuratively)That which makes something sharp.

  3. (informal)An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.

More definitions
  • any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I need a pencil sharpener.

    Мені потрібна точилка для олівців.

    ruМне нужна точилка для карандашей.

    deIch brauche einen Spitzer.

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  2. Tom has an electric pencil sharpener.

    ruУ Тома есть электрическая точилка для карандашей.

    deTom hat einen elektrischen Bleistiftanspitzer.

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  3. May I borrow your blue sharpener?

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  4. Tom gave Mary a novelty pencil sharpener for her birthday.

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  5. Do you have a pencil sharpener? I need to sharpen my pencil.

    deHast du einen Anspitzer? Ich muß meinen Bleistift anspitzen.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
device for making things sharp:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device for making things sharp:

Forms

plural: sharpeners
Singularsharpener
Pluralsharpeners

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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