Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper;
- Example: "a knife sharpener"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sharpener
n 1: any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a
point) sharper; "a knife sharpener"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "sharpener":
ax, blade, cold steel, cutlery, cutter, dagger, edge tools, emery,
file, grindstone, hone, knife, naked steel, novaculite, oilstone,
pigsticker, point, puncturer, rubstone, steel, strap, strop, sword,
toad sticker, whetrock, whetstone, whittle