pencil sharpener

noun

: a device used to make the tip of a pencil sharp so that it can be used for writing

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For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24). —Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025

Pick up that Walmart set of pencils or the generic Target pencil sharpener. —Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025

Some sets also come with extra supplies like a second eraser or pencil sharpener. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2025

The main event, however, occurred when two men climbed to the top of some scaffolding with an oversized red pencil sharpener in tow. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025

This creature had a mouth resembling a pencil sharpener and roamed the seas over 500 million years ago in search of prey. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 19 May 2025

An electric pencil sharpener is a must-have for those who love to sketch. —Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024

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