penknife

English - Turkish

Definition of penknife in English Turkish dictionary

O çakısıyla ağacın bir dalını kesti. - He cut off a branch of the tree with his penknife.

Tom cebinde bir çakı tuttu. - Tom kept a penknife in his pocket.

English - English

Definition of penknife in English English dictionary: A small pocketknife; a small knife with a blade which folds into the hand. Penknives often incorporate other tools such as corkscrews, and are generally smaller than pocketknives as a group; {n} a knife used to cut pens with; a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens; A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens; A penknife is a small knife with a blade that folds back into the handle; {i} pocketknife, small folding knife
folding penknife: pocket-knife that can be folded shut for safe and compact storage
penknives: plural of penknife

penknife

Hyphenation

pen·knife

() originally a small knife used for cutting the nib of a quill pen

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