PENKNIFE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: penknives   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("penknife" is a kind of...):

pocket knife; pocketknife (a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket)

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