Definitions for razor

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razor ra·zor

Spelling: [rey-zer]

IPA: /ˈreɪ zər/

Razor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in razor (aorrz).

Definitions for razor

noun

1. a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
2. an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose.

Idioms

1. on the razor's edge, in a difficult or precarious position.

verb (used with object)

1. to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor.

Origin of razor

1250-1300; Middle English rasour Old French rasor, equivalent to ras(er) to raze + -or -or²

Examples for razor

For stars, though, the fall of the comedy auteur means that the margin of error between a hit and a farrago is razor thin.

We need to take a razor and make a boundary in the shaving foam, people.

But as soon as she pressed the razor blade against her neck, the guard lowered the gun.

Especially with a man like James, who is as sharp as a razor, and just as edgy.

We stood on the rooftop of a derelict farmhouse meters away from a Turkish tank and a razor wire fence marking the end of Turkey.

Then he shot me a glance as sharp as a razor, and we looked into one another's eyes.

He wore no beard, and his leathery cheeks were blue from the razor.

Their jagged edges and razor sharp teeth make you stand a little further back then normal.

Not a comb nor a razor left; not a garment to make myself decent in!

If you ask me, I think that the razor has been the downfall of society.