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razor Definition

ra·zor (zər)

noun

  1. a sharp-edged cutting instrument for shaving off or cutting hair
  2. shaver (sense )

Etymology: ME rasour < OFr < raser: see raze

razor Synonyms

razor

n.

shaver, shaving instrument, cutting edge, blade, scraper*, mower*, cutter*; see also knife.

Types of razors include: double-edged, single-edged, straight, pivoting, disposable, cartridge, safety, hollow-ground, electric, electric shaver*, dry-shave*, blade*.

razor Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • share: Q: I've shared razors with my flatmates - am I at risk from hepatitis C?
  • hold: His strength is also echoed in the manner he is holding the razor.
  • buy: I went and bought a razor and shaving cream and have never looked back.

Adjective modifier

  • cut-throat: His hand, hidden deep in his right coat pocket, closed more tightly around the cut-throat razor.
  • disposable: The main body of the engine was made from the end of a disposable razor handle.
  • electric: Top of the range Braun electric razor for men - save £ 25 at Boots.
  • straight: An intruder is slashed up with a straight razor.
  • sharp: Massage well into the area to be shaved and then select a really sharp razor.
  • open: The white had an open razor in his hand.

Modifies a noun

  • blade: Lou pulls out the razor blade she has hidden in her shoe.
  • clam: How many inches down can a razor clam dig in a minute?
  • strop: There was no razor strop here, only needles, machines, ultraviolet rays.
  • sharpness: The fun never ends and neither does its ability to hone your logic and problem-solving skills to razor sharpness.
  • wire: In essence, the razor wire argument is no longer valid.
  • bump: I'm now only using it once per day which I find is enough to keep the razor bumps at bay.

Noun used with modifier

  • throat: The thing next to the scissors is a cut throat razor.
  • safety: I finally said screw it & bought an old fashioned safety razor like my dad's.
  • cut: The thing next to the scissors is a cut throat razor.

Possessives

  • edge: The razor's edge is where the awareness is, where Now is.

Possessives

  • occam: Occam's razor leads me to opt for the later.
razor Quotes

To endeavour to work upon the vulgar with fine sense, is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

—Pope, Alexander

Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. 416

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat.

—Angelou, Maya originally MayaJohnson

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