sharpener
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper
a knife sharpener
Types & categories
- implement hypernym
- grindstone hyponym
- pencil sharpener hyponym
- steel hyponym
- strickle hyponym
- strop hyponym
Related & opposite
- sharpen derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sharpen |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | implement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grindstone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pencil sharpener |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | steel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strickle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strop |