English Explanatory Dictionary

razor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
  2. Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
  3. The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
  4. A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
verb
  1. To shave with a razor.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹeɪzə/ /ˈɹeɪzɚ/ en-us-razor.ogg

Word forms

razor razors razour razoring razored

Etymology

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”).

Related words

raze rase

Derived words

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 strap razor strop razor-thin razor thin razor wire razor-wired razory rotary razor safety razor stepping razor straight razor razorable unrazored

Translations

Afrikaans: skeermes Albanian: brisk Arabic: مُوسَى حِلَاقَة Arabic: مُوس حِلَاقَة Arabic: موس Arabic: موس حلاقة Arabic: ززوار Aragonese: navalla Aragonese: corte Armenian: ածելի Assamese: খুৰ Asturian: cháfara Asturian: charrasca Asturian: cheira Asturian: cuchella Asturian: gaxa Asturian: navaya Azerbaijani: ülgüc Belarusian: бры́тва Bengali: খুর Breton: aotenn Bulgarian: бръсна́ч Burmese: သင်တုန်းဓား Catalan: navalla Catalan: raor Chechen: урс Chinese Cantonese: 鬚刨 /须刨 Chinese Cantonese: 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀 Chinese Mandarin: 剃刀 Chinese Mandarin: 刮鬍刀 /刮胡刀 Coptic: ⲑⲟⲕ Cornish: alsen Cornish: alten Czech: břitva Danish: kniv Danish: barberkniv Danish: skraber Dutch: scheermes Dutch: mes Esperanto: razilo Estonian: habemenuga Evenki: хусивун Faroese: rakiblað Finnish: partaveitsi Finnish: partahöylä French: rasoir Friulian: rasôr Friulian: rosôr Friulian: rasadôr Galician: navalla Georgian: სამართებელი German: Rasiermesser German: Rasierapparat German: Rasierer Greek: ξυράφι Greek: ξουράφι Ancient Greek: ξυρόν Pontic Greek: ξυράφιν Gujarati: અસ્તરો Haitian Creole: razwa Hebrew: תַּעַר Hindi: उस्तरा Hindi: उस्तुरा Hindi: छुरा Hungarian: borotva
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