razor

Speech parts

1. razor - Noun

2. razor - Verb

3. Razor - Proper noun

Meaning

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.

A tusk of a wild boar.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shaver blade safety razor straight razor coulter cleaver shiv lancet style knife destroyer hatchet shears edge sharp
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Antonyms

expand disorder delay drag spoon inventer

Hypernyms

shave edge tool

Hyponyms

shaver safety razor electric shaver electric razor straight razor

Phrases with the word

razor's edge as sharp as a razor razor cut sharp as a razor razor mantis razor foam

Examples

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. Alexander Pope

There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin. Rudyard Kipling

If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult. Maya Angelou

A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood. African Proverb

When a child cries for a razor give it him. Swahili Proverb

The razor against the grindstone. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

razobazam Razon razoo razor and blades razor blade razor bump