razor
(noun) edge tool used in shaving
razor
(verb) shave with a razor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Razor (plural Razors)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Razor is the 29473rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 801 individuals. Razor is most common among White (52.06%) and Black/African American (43.57%) individuals.
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.
The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
(philosophy) A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
razor (third-person singular simple present razors, present participle razoring, simple past and past participle razored)
(transitive) To shave with a razor.
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"zor, n. Etym: [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]
1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. "Take thee a barber's rasor." Ezek. v. 1.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphæna novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell.
– Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.
– Razor grinder (Zoöl.), the European goat-sucker.
– Razor shell (Zoöl.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, and Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razor fish, knife handle.
– Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.
– Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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