Razor

Definition: Razor

Razor

Noun

1. Edge tool used in shaving.

Verb

1. Shave with a razor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "razor" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Etymology: Razor \Ra"zor\, noun. [from Old English expression rasour, Old French rasur, Late Latin expression rasor: compare to the French expression rasoir, Late Latin expression rasorium. See Raze, transitive verb, Rase, transitive verb]. (references)

Satire

Bible

Dream Interpretation

Literature

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Feeling

Warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive; keen, keen as a razor; trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic.

Misuse

Cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut; catch at a straw.

Reasoning,

Cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast and loose, play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers, put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on.

Sharpness

Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine.

Cutting; sharp edged, knife edged; sharp as a razor, keen as a razor; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; sharpened; Verb: set

Unskillfulness

Cut blocks with a razor; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail.

Waste

Waste its sweetness on the desert air ; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel; labor in vain; (useless); cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve.

Crosswords: Razor

Occam's razor. You ever heard of it (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

Yeah, for a man pissing razor blades (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Honestly! Me mind boggles at the very idea, a grown man and you haven't shaved with a safety razor. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

Yeah, I couldn't find any razor blades (Bachelor Party; writing credit: Bob Israel; Neal Israel)

He got a razor in his shoe (Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; performing artist: Jim Croce)

So your tongue became a razor (Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Razor wire shrine (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

Razor fanged rattlesnake only tryin' to protect itself (Bath Of Fire; performing artist: The Presidents)

Curtain Razor (1949)

The Dull Razor (1902)

A Dull Razor (1900)

Razor Eaters (2003)

According to Occam's Razor (1999)

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References

• The World Market for Razors and Razor Blades: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Milady's Razor Cutting (reference)

• Occam's Razor (reference)

• Rust on the Razor (Stonewall Inn Mysteries) (reference)

• The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening (reference)

• Wilderness and Razor Wire (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Razor (reference)

• RAZOR Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Peter Tosh: Stepping Razor Red X (reference)

• Razor Blade Smile (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Occam's Razor (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Razor Racing (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Fiskars 9446 6984 9" Razor Edge (reference)

• General Tools 866 Razor Scraper (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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"Digging Razor Clams at Copalis" In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 159. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Man wrestles with manual razor in television commercial] / World Telegram p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Roger Higgins..

Manufacturing razors for soldiers; blade honing department, Durham Duplex Razor Co., Jersey City, N.J. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cocktail bar in home of former president of Gillette Razor Blade Company. Miami Beach, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress.

Part of Florida home of former president of Gillette Razor Blade Company. Miami Beach, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress.

Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Wash stand, razor and bed. Credit: Library of Congress.

Poster showing razor blade labelled "Made in Germany" above the head of a man holding a book with a cover which includes the names of six liberal Germany authors. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The only surgeon was one who combined the occasional exercise of that noble art with the daily and habitual flourish of a razor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Use an electric shaver instead of a razor. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "razor": as sharp as a razor ♦ blank of safety razor blade ♦ cut blocks with a razor ♦ disposable razor ♦ do not meddle with that razor ♦ electric razor ♦ Hanlon's Razor ♦ keen as a razor ♦ occams razor ♦ Occam's Razor ♦ Ockham's Razor ♦ open blade razor ♦ open razor ♦ razor blade ♦ razor clam ♦ razor edge ♦ razor fish ♦ razor grass ♦ razor grinder ♦ razor shell ♦ razor stone ♦ razor strap ♦ razor strop ♦ safety razor ♦ sharp as a razor ♦ straight razor. Additional references.

Beginning with "razor": razor-back, razor-backed, razor-bill, razor-billed auk, razor-blade, razor-bladed, razor-blades, razor-creased, razor-cut, razor-edge, razor-edged, razor-fish, razor-keen, razor-like, razor-sharp, razor-sharp-teeth, razor-shrapnel, razor-slash, razor-slashing, razor-strap, razor-strop, razor-styled, razor-thin, razor-threatening, razor-wielding, razor-wire.

Ending with "razor": Lewis-razor, open-razor.

Containing "razor": safety-razor blade.

Albanian

rruaj (graze, shave, shave off), brisk rroje (blade, razor blade). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موسى الحلاقة, ‏موس الحلاقة, ‏موس (razor blade). (various references)

Asturian

navaya. (various references)

Bemba

akanesela. (various references)

Blackfoot

poohkísstoya'tsis. (various references)

Bulgarian 

самобръсначка (safety razor, shaver), бръснач, бръсна (shave), порязвам с бръснач. (various references)

Cebuano

labaha. (various references)

Chamorro

nabaha. (various references)

Chinese 

剃刀 . (various references)

Czech

břitva. (various references)

Danish

strygerem til barberknive (razor strop), lille knivmusling (pod razor), knivmusling-slægt (razor clams), knivmusling-familien (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shell, razor shells), Kap-knivmusling (Cape razor clam), ikke-elektrisk barbermaskine (non-electric safety razor), engangsbarbermaskine (disposable razor), en art knivmusling (Cape razor clam, curved razor clam, curved razor shell, Pacific razor clam, pod razor, straight razor clam, straight razor shell, sword razor), emne til barberblade i baandform (blank of safety razor blade), elektrisk barbermaskine (electric safety razor), barberknivmusling (sword razor), barberkniv (open blade razor), barberbladsskær (razor edge share, razor-blade-type share, sword blade share), barberblad (razor blade). (various references)

Dutch

scheermes (open blade razor). (various references)

Esperanto

razilo. (various references)

Faeroese

rakiknívur. (various references)

Farsi 

تیغ صورت تراشی , باتیغ تراشیدن . (various references)

Finnish

partaveitsi. (various references)

French

rasoir (safety razor), lame. (various references)

Frisian

skearmes, skearapparaat. (various references)

German

Rasiermesser (cut-throat razor, open razor, razors), Rasierapparat (safety razor, shaver, shive). (various references)

Greek 

ξυράφι (blade, shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets). (various references)

Hebrew 

תער, סכין גלוח. (various references)

Hungarian

borotva. (various references)

Icelandic

rakvél, rakhnífur. (various references)

Indonesian

pisau cukur, cukur (shaver). (various references)

Inuktitut

unngiijaut. (various references)

Italian

rasoio (shaver). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

レコード分離キャラクタ (leather, leather craft, leather wear, leathercloth, lecithin, ratio, razor cut, receipt, receive, receiver, reciprocating engine, recitation, recommendation, record separator, register), 剃刀 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

レザー (leather), かみそり. (various references)

Korean 

면도칼. (various references)

Macedonian

zilet. (various references)

Manx

skynn vaaree (pruning knife), rhesar. (various references)

Maori

heu. (various references)

Norwegian

barberkniv. (various references)

Papago

hiwkonakud. (various references)

Papiamen

nabaha, blet. (various references)

Pig Latin

azorray.(various references)

Portuguese

rapar com navalha, passar a navalha, navalha de barba (open blade razor), navalha (claw, knife), gilete, barbear rente. (various references)

Provencal

rasador. (various references)

Romanian

colţ de mistreţ, brici. (various references)

Romany

brushnàchi. (various references)

Russian 

бритва (razor blade, shaver). (various references)

Samoan

matatafi. (various references)

Scottish

ealltuinn (a razor). (various references)

Sepedi

thipa ya go beola. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

brijati (shave), brijač (safety razor). (various references)

Shona

chisvo (razor blade). (various references)

Spanish

rasurar, rasuradora, navaja de afeitar (open blade razor), navaja (clasp knife, jack knife, jackknife, penknife, pocket knife, pocketknife), maquinilla de afeitar (safety razor, shaver), la navaja (knife), hoja de afeitar (Razorblade, razor-blade), cuchilla de afeitar. (various references)

Sranan

srebinefi, sebinefi. (various references)

Swahili

wembe. (various references)

Swedish

rakkniv. (various references)

Tagalog

labáha. (various references)

Thai

โกนด้วยมีดโกน, มีดโกน. (various references)

Turkish

ustura, tıraş makinesi (electric razor, safety razor, shaver). (various references)

Turkmen 

pдki. (various references)

Ukrainian

голити (shave), бритва (shaver). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dao cạo. (various references)

Welsh

ellyn. (various references)

Ensis ensis, Ensis siliqua, novacula, Siliqua patula, Solen, Solen capensis, Solen ensis, Solen spp., Solenidae. (various references)

rasour. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "razor": razorback, razorbacks, razorbill, razorbills, razored, razoring, razors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Razor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aroz, arroz, arzo, Arzu, azor, Gazoro, Grasmoor, Hazor, lazor, Mazdoor, Mazmoor, mazor, Pazour, Prozor, rador, ragoor, raisor, Raizure, Rajouri, ralor, ranor, rapoor, rapor, Rasgrf, rasir, raso, Rasool, Rasor, rastor, rator, Ratzer, Razaq, Razborov, Razdow, razer, Razno, razo, razon, razoo, razore, razur, reor, resor, Rezzori, riazor, rior, rizar, Rizo, rizor, Rnazol, rosor, rusor, Trazlor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: orra, roar.

-2 letters: azo, oar, ora, zoa.

-3 letters: ar, or.

+1 letter: razors.

+2 letters: razored, zamarro.

+3 letters: arborize, razoring, terrazzo, zamarros.

+4 letters: arborized, arborizes, moralizer, organizer, overgraze, polarizer, razorback, razorbill, terrazzos, vaporizer.

+5 letters: arborizing, authorizer, formalizer, glamorizer, harmonizer, moralizers, mycorrhiza, normalizer, organizers, overgrazed, overgrazes, polarizers, randomizer, razorbacks, razorbills, reorganize, repolarize, revalorize, vaporizers.