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razor
/ˈɹeɪzɚ/
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What does razor mean?
noun
- A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
- Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
- The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
verb
- To shave with a razor.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹeɪzɚ/
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If your razor is dull and pulls your face, you will give your friends cause to criticize your private life.
Like a razor also, it seemed massy and heavy, tapering from the edge into a solid and broad structure above.
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The only surgeon was one who combined the occasional exercise of that noble art with the daily and habitual flourish of a razor.
At present, it is generally allowed that a good steel-rib Umbrella can be as easily procured as a carefully tempered razor or sword.
The razor had passed through the glosso-epiglottidean fold, a tip of the epiglottis, and through the pharynx down to the spinal column.