can opener
noun
a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
can openers
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pluralof can opener.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In Traynor’s vision, lighters, can openers and outlet covers are reimagined as exquisite pieces of Brutalist art, crisscrossed with strips of tin, encrusted with sea glass and stones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
These kits should also include items like can openers, maps, basic tools, garbage bags and duct tape.
From Fox News ● Jan. 4, 2022
But the first page of results had a bunch of electric can openers with excellent reviews and reasonable prices.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2021
Humanitarian workers boarding flights to Tigray are told not to bring items including multivitamins, can openers and medicines, even personal ones.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
I ate lunch there, from a can on the shelf, opening it with one of the can openers Mr. Klein had sold for forty-nine cents.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
