paperknife

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

paperknife
    n 1: dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters
         are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books [syn: {letter
         opener}, {paper knife}, {paperknife}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paperknife \pa"per*knife`\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*n[imac]f`), n.
   A dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters
   are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books.

   Syn: letter opener.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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