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LETTER OPENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letter opener mean? 

LETTER OPENER (noun)
  The noun LETTER OPENER has 1 sense:

1. dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of booksplay

  Familiarity information: LETTER OPENER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LETTER OPENER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

letter opener; paper knife; paperknife

Hypernyms ("letter opener" 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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