razor
Syllables: ra·zorUK/ˈɹeɪzə//ˈɹeɪzɚ/
razor noun: a keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
Noun
razor (plural razors)
- 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.
- These are fellows who shun the three-, four- and five-blade contraptions and canned goops for an older mode of shaving that they insist remains the ideal: a straight razor or a safety razor with a double-edged blade, and a fine English cream lathered and applied with a badger-hair brush.2007 July 1, Jake Mooney, “For Aficionados of Shaving, la Crème de la Crème”, in The New York Times
- The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.2013, Robert L. Buyer, Ursula T. Coute, Following the North Star, page 26
- The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
- A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
- Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor
Verb
razor (third-person singular simple present razors, present participle razoring, simple past and past participle razored)
- To shave with a razor.
- He thought likewise, that what with razoring and tanning, and the change of his clothes, he was not likely to be recognised.1868, George MacDonald, chapter 6, in Guild Court, volume 3, London: Hurst & Blackett, page 137
- Lord Tywin did not believe in half measures. He razored his lip and chin as well, but kept his side-whiskers, two great thickets of wiry golden hair that covered most of his cheeks from ear to jaw.1996, George R. R. Martin, “Tyrion”, in A Game of Thrones, New York: Bantam, published 2016, page 641
Proper noun capitalized: Razor
Razor (plural Razors)
- A surname.
razor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
razor in Hindi
- shaving knife
- उस्तरा ustarā, उस्तुरा usturā, छुरा churā
- shaving instrument
- रेज़र rezar
razor in Tamil
- shaving instrument
- ரேசர் rēcar
razor in Marathi
- रेझर, रेजर, रेझर करणे
razor in Urdu
- shaving knife
- اُسْتُرا usturā, اُسْتَرا ustarā
- shaving instrument
- ریزَر rezar
More languagesFewer languages
- razor in Bengali
- খুর khur, রেজার rejar
- razor in Telugu
- క్షురము kṣuramu
- razor in Malayalam
- ക്ഷൗരക്കത്തി
- razor in Kannada
- ಕತ್ತಿ katti
- razor in Punjabi
- ਉਸਤਰਾ ustarā
- razor in Gujarati
- અસ્તરો astaro
- razor in Odia
- ରେଜର, ରେଜର୍
- razor in Sanskrit
- क्षुर kṣurá
- razor in Assamese
- খুৰ khur
- razor in Nepali
- रेजर, रजार, रेजर गर्न
- razor in Pashto
- استرا usturā, پاکي pāki
- razor in Arabic
- مُوسَى حِلَاقَة mūsā ḥilāqa, مُوس حِلَاقَة mūs ḥilāqa, شَفْرَة حِلَاقَة šafrat ḥilāqa
- razor in Malay
- pisau cukur
- razor in Indonesian
- pisau cukur
- razor in Thai
- มีดโกน mîit-goon
- razor in Vietnamese
- dao cạo, dao cạo điện
- razor in Myanmar
- သင်တုန်းဓား sangtun:dha:
Examples of razor in a sentence
- Michael's heavily whiskered face hadn't seen a razor in some days.
- He used a new razor blade for a good close shave.
- Rather than purchase an expensive razor he bought a packet of cheap disposable ones.
Forms of razor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | razors |
| alternative form (obsolete) | razour |
| alternative form (obsolete) | rasor |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | razors |
| present participle | razoring |
| past participle | razored |
| past | razored |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Razors |
Origin of razor
From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). More at rat. By surface analysis, raze + -or. Displaced the native Old English sċierseax (literally “shaving knife”).
Words formed from razor
- razorable
- unrazored
- Alder's razor
- Blore's razor
- cutthroat razor
- cut-throat razor
- disposable razor
- dry razor
- electric razor
- foil razor
- Gould's razor shell
- Hanlon's razor
- Hitchens' razor
- Hitchens's razor
- Occam's razor
- open razor
- razor and blades
- razorback
- razor-backed
- razorbill
- razor-billed auk
- razor-billed curassow
- razor blade
- razor bump
- razor burn
- razor clam
- razor comb
- razor cream
- razor edge
- razor eye
- razorfish
- razor grass
- razor grinder
- razorless
- razorlike
- razormaker
- razormaking
- razorman
- razor paste
- razor's edge
- razor sharp
- razor-sharp
- razor shell
- razor slot
- razor strap
- razor strop
- razor thin
- razor-thin
- razor wire
- razor-wired
- razory
- rotary razor
- safety razor
- stepping razor
- straight razor
Phrases with razor
- razor bumps
- razor burns
- razor clams
- razor combs
- razor edges
- razor wires
- razor bladed
- razor blades
- razor creams
- razor pastes
- razor shells
- razor straps
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Words that rhyme with razor
Questions about razor
- What does razor mean?
- Razor means a keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
- What is razor in Hindi?
- Razor in Hindi is उस्तरा (ustarā), उस्तुरा (usturā), छुरा (churā). See Razor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is razor?
- Razor can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce razor?
- Razor is pronounced /ˈɹeɪzə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of razor?
- The plural of razor is razors.
Words near razor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: razor (page history and authors); Razor (page history and authors); razor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); razor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಕತ್ತಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); razor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); razor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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