penholder

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9

Definition of penholder

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A handle into which a nib or other penpoint is fitted to form a pen.
    “He was amazing, and had a penholder behind his ear.”
    “The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.”
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noun

  1. A handle into which a nib or other penpoint is fitted to form a pen.
    “He was amazing, and had a penholder behind his ear.”
    “The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.”
  2. A device for storing pens while they are not being used.
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of penhold.
  4. a member of the United Nations Security Council with responsibility for
    “Widespread reports of ethnically targeted killings in recent days prompted the UK, as the UN penholder on Sudan, to call an emergency session of the security council in New York on Thursday.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From pen + holder.

Words you can make from penholder

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7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

28 words

5-letter words

44 words

4-letter words

84 words

3-letter words

42 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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