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PAPERKNIFE
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Irregular inflected form: paperknives
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books
Synonyms:
letter opener; paper knife; paperknife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("paperknife" is a kind of...):
knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)
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