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sharpener
/ˈʃɑːpənə/
noun
A small tool that makes the tip of a pencil pointed again.
- “He turned the pencil in the sharpener until the tip was fine.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))