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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My industrial grade pencil sharpener. — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026

Think automatic pencil sharpener instead of a wood chipper. — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026

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