pencil sharpener

Cone-tip creator

A pencil sharpener is a device for sharpening pencils by shaving the wooden casing to expose more graphite.

Small handheld sharpeners have a blade in a plastic housing; larger models clamp to desks and use a rotating mechanism.

Electric pencil sharpeners automate the process.

The classroom pencil sharpener was always dull.

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function with writing implements

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Mark removal tool

rubber · pencil eraser · correction fluid · white-out · undo button

effect on pencil point

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Abrasive coated sheet

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G