sharpener
/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom."
- "“Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]"
- "The snuff-box, knife, and chicken-bones were again in requisition, and a pen was successfully formed. The ink, or at least its substitute, was rather more difficult, but necessity is always a sharpener of intellect, and even this was accomplished."
- "The summery G&T somehow loses its clink-clink-fizz perfection as an after-work sharpener and just seems to rub our noses in the dank gloom ahead."
- "And the new daycap has little in common with the stiff gin of the old-fashioned sharpener. Instead, it revolves around “spritz culture, mood-based cocktails, and small serves that tap into the sweet treat economy”."
Etymology
Etymology tree English sharpen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sharpener From sharpen + -er.