Answer to "Sharpening device" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STROP , but the solution may also be HONER which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in King Syndicate).

Sharpening device crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
STROP	40 %	5
EDGER	20 %	5
HONER	20 %	5
OILSTONE	20 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sharpening device

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• oilstone
• strop
• grinder
• abatis
• grind
• grinds
• grindstone
• hone
• honed
• sharper
• steel
• steels

Crossword Answer definitions

STROP noun

1. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
2. A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
3. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

STROP verb

1. To strap.
2. (recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.

STROP verb

1. To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.

STROP noun

1. A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result STROP

• Barber's sharpener
• Razor sharpener
• Hone
• Shaving kit need
• Barbershop accessory
• Blade sharpener
• Barber shop prop
• Sharpener
• Barber-chair attachment
• Barber's item

More clues leading to the result EDGER

• Yard trimmer
• Lawn-neatening gadget
• Suburbanite's gadget
• Garden tool
• Landscaping tool
• Bed definer
• Grass cutter
• Lawn trimmer
• Trimming tool
• It's used on the border

More clues leading to the result HONER

• Sharpener
• One with an ax to grind
• One making refinements
• Blade sharpener
• Strop user
• One redefining the cutting edge
• Blade sharpener.
• Razor sharpener.
• Sharpener.
• Whetstone user.

More clues leading to the result OILSTONE

• Sharpening material
• Tool sharpener
• Blade sharpener
• Sharpening device
• Honing device
• Cutter's need
• Knife sharpener.
• Article for polishing.
• Whetting device.
• Whetting device