Razor meaning

rā'zər
A sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving or cutting hair, especially from the face or legs.
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(philosophy) A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
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An electric device with vibrating or rotating blades used for shaving or cutting hair close to the skin.
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To shave, cut, or remove with a razor or similar cutting implement.

Razored off the mustache; razored pages from a rare book.

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A sharp-edged cutting instrument for shaving off or cutting hair.
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Enhancements to the syntax in the C# or Visual Basic.NET programming languages for developing ASP.NET websites. Razor has been called "template syntax." See C# and VB.NET.
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A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
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Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
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The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
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To cut with a razor.
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Origin of razor

  • Middle English rasor from Old French from raser to scrape raze
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave").
    From Wiktionary

Razor Sentence Examples

  • He tucked the razor in his shirt pocket.

  • By other methods of treatment, known to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and others, but now forgotten, it could be hardened and formed into knife and razor edges of the utmost keenness.

  • After breakfast Keaton retrieved a portable razor from his car.

  • Calculating the actual, societal costs of fatty foods, alcohol, cars, pet ownership, mercury thermometers, air conditioning, solar panels, razor blades, jogging shoes, and ten thousand other things, and incorporating those costs in the prices as taxes would lead to a vastly more efficient allocation of resources.

  • whether it was the cutting edge or the back of a razor - made no material difference, and was thus led to the conclusion that the explanation of these phenomena requires nothing more than the application of Huygens's principle to the unobstructed parts of the wave.

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