paperknife

• Nom désignant un couteau non tranchant utilisé pour ouvrir les enveloppes ou couper les pages non coupées d'un livre.

A noun referring to a dull knife used to cut open envelopes or slit uncut pages of books.

1. Letter openerB2formal

   A dull-bladed knife used to cut open envelopes or slit uncut pages of books.

   coupe-papier

   • He used a silver paperknife to open the envelope.
   • The antique paperknife was kept on the desk for decoration.
   • She carefully slit the pages of the new novel with a paperknife.

   Synonymesletter openerpaper knife