church key

1. 1.

   can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans

   Broadercan opener

Questions about church key

What does church key mean?

church key means "can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans".

Is church key a common word?

church key is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.