What does razor mean?

Definitions for razor
ˈreɪ zərra·zor

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word razor.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. razorverb

    edge tool used in shaving

  2. razorverb

    shave with a razor

GCIDE

  1. Razornoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. razornoun

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

  2. razornoun

    Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

  3. razornoun

    The sharp tusk of a wild boar.

  4. razornoun

    A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

  5. razorverb

    To cut with a razor.

  6. Etymology: From rasour, from raser.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. RAZORnoun

    A knife with a thick blade and fine edge used in shaving.

    Etymology: rasor, Lat.

    Zeal, except ordered aright, useth the razor with such eagerness, that the life of religion is thereby hazarded. Richard Hooker.

    These words are razors to my wounded heart. William Shakespeare.

    Those thy boist’rous locks, not by the sword
    Of noble warrior, so to stain his honour,
    But by the barber’s razor best subdu’d. John Milton, Agonistes.

    All our lords are by his wealth outvy’d,
    Whose razor on my callow beard was try’d. Dryden.

    Razor makers generally clap a small bar of Venice steel between two small bars of Flemish steel, and weld them together, to strengthen the back of the razor. Joseph Moxon.

Wikipedia

  1. Razor

    A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of body hair through the act of shaving. Kinds of razors include straight razors, safety razors, disposable razors, and electric razors. While the razor has been in existence since before the Bronze Age (the oldest razor-like object has been dated to 18,000 BC), the most common types of razors currently used are the safety razor and the electric razor.

ChatGPT

  1. razor

    A razor is a handheld tool designed with a sharp blade primarily used for removal of unwanted body hair through the act of shaving. There are different kinds of razors including straight razors, safety razors, disposable razors and electric razors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Razorverb

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

  2. Razorverb

    a tusk of a wild boar

  3. Etymology: [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]

Wikidata

  1. Razor

    A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of unwanted body hair through the act of shaving. Kinds of razors include straight razors, Disposable razor and electric razors. While the razor has been in existence since before the Bronze Age, its modern counterpart was invented in the 18th century, and the 1930s saw the invention of electric razors. In the 21st century, the safety razor – electric or not – is most commonly used by both men and women, but other kinds still exist.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Razor

    rā′zor, n. a keen-edged implement for shaving: a tusk, as the razors of a boar.—adj Rā′zorable (Shak.), fit to be shaved.—ns. Rā′zor-back, a kind of baleen whale, also called Rorqual, Fin-back, or Finner: a hog whose back has the form of a ridge; Rā′zor-bill, a species of auk, common on the coasts of the northern Atlantic; Rā′zor-blade, -clam, -fish, -shell, a bivalve mollusc with an elongated, narrow shell; Rā′zor-hone, a hone for sharpening razors; Rā′zor-paste, a paste for spreading on a razor-strop; Rā′zor-strop, a strop for razors. [Fr. rasoir—L. radĕre, rasum, to scrape.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RAZOR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Razor is ranked #29473 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Razor surname appeared 801 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Razor.

    52% or 417 total occurrences were White.
    43.5% or 349 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of razor in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of razor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of razor in a Sentence

  1. Rudyard Kipling:

    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.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    i drive 160 on the freeway in the hopes of a fiery escape my major x-mas wish and like everyone else i get shit life on a razor’s edge words that kill and guns that don’t

  3. Andy Goodling:

    I love that I don’t need to worry about having razors and I love that I don’t have to budget my razor usage like I used to.

  4. Georges Benjamin:

    Physicians have a unique opportunity to engage their patients, the parents of kids or the parents themselves as individuals to make their homes safer, we already do this for toxins under our kitchen cabinets, razor blades and outlets in the wall.

  5. Paul Kaye:

    You liked to live your life on the razor's edge for the buzz, you were an anti-star, a pirate and committed to our cause of shaking people's souls and buildings.

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