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[ rey-zer ] / ˈreɪ zər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR razor ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair. an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose. verb (used with object)to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor. Idioms for razoron the razor's edge, in a difficult or precarious position.
Origin of razor1250–1300; Middle English rasour<Old French rasor, equivalent to ras( er) to raze + -or-or 2OTHER WORDS FROM razorra·zor·less, adjectiveun·ra·zored, adjectiveWords nearby razorRaytown, raza, raze, razee, razoo, razor, razorback, razorbill auk, razor-billed auk, razorblade, razor clam Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for razorTheir jagged edges and razor sharp teeth make you stand a little further back then normal. Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster|Justin Jones|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST But as soon as she pressed the razor blade against her neck, the guard lowered the gun. How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State|Lizzie Crocker|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST We stood on the rooftop of a derelict farmhouse meters away from a Turkish tank and a razor wire fence marking the end of Turkey. Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph|Jamie Dettmer|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST We need to take a razor and make a boundary in the shaving foam, people. Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For stars, though, the fall of the comedy auteur means that the margin of error between a hit and a farrago is razor thin. The Trials of ‘Tammy’: Stop Policing Melissa McCarthy’s Body|Teo Bugbee|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The razor flashed as he turned it this way and that against the sun. Fort Amity|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch The arrows at his side were tipped with triangles of steel sharp as razor blades. The Rope of Gold|Roy J. Snell So in haste he went and fetched his razor, and seizing the goat he shaved her head as smooth as the palm of his hand. Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm|Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm I picked up the most beautiful screw shells, and razor shells, and fan shells you ever saw. Bosom Friends|Angela Brazil He was a desperate character, and drew a razor, with which he frightened everybody off the car, including the motorman. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman|Josiah Flynt
British Dictionary definitions for razor
nouna sharp implement used esp by men for shaving the face on a razor's edge or on a razor-edge in an acute dilemma verb(tr) to cut or shave with a razor Word Origin for razorC13: from Old French raseor, from raser to shave; see raze Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with razor
see sharp as a tack (razor). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to razorblade, knife, shaver, cutting edge, safety razor |