razor

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzə/

The English word “razor” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

verb

To shave with a razor.

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”).

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