sharpener meaning

Definition of sharpener

1. any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper
   • a knife sharpener

   Type of: implement

   Kinds: grindstone, pencil sharpener, steel, strickle, strop

   Related forms: sharpen

sharpener in a sentence

• It's the lead that goes in the pencil sharpener, not the eraser.
• I need a pencil sharpener.
• I only use pens, but I still have a pencil sharpener in my backpack for some reason.
• May I borrow your blue sharpener?
• How did people sharpen their pencils before the invention of the pencil sharpener?