Razor

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  • noun. A sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving or cutting hair, especially from the face or legs.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An electric device with vibrating or rotating blades used for shaving or cutting hair close to the skin.
  • transitive verb. To shave, cut, or remove with a razor or similar cutting implement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To shave with a razor, as the face or chin; remove with a razor, as a beard.
  • noun. A sharp-edged instrument used for shaving the face or head.
  • noun. A tusk: as, the razors of a boar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor.
  • noun. a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls -- called a disposable razor.
  • noun. A tusk of a wild boar.
  • noun. The razor shell.
  • noun. a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.
  • noun. the European goat-sucker.
  • noun. any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish, knife handle.
  • noun. Same as Novaculite.
  • noun. a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
  • noun. Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
  • noun. The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
  • noun. A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
  • verb. To cut with a razor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. shave with a razor
  • noun. edge tool used in shaving
  • Word Usage
    "This razor is his first and he bought it with his own money."
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