Contextualizebeta

razor

noun
/ˈɹeɪzə/UK/ˈɹeɪzɚ/US

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”).

  1. derived from rasour
  2. inherited from rasour

Definitions

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

    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.

    • The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.

  3. The sharp tusk of a wild boar.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

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

      • Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor

    2. To shave with a razor.

      • He thought likewise, that what with razoring and tanning, and the change of his clothes, he was not likely to be recognised.
      • Lord Tywin did not believe in half measures. He razored his lip and chin as well, but kept his side-whiskers, two great thickets of wiry golden hair that covered most of his cheeks from ear to jaw.
      • He might be busy examining the advertisements for prostitutes stuck up in a São Paulo phone booth, or maybe getting his ear hairs razored off at a barber shop in Vietnam.

    3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

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 · +12 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at razor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01razor02tusk03teeth04tooth05blade

A definitional loop anchored at razor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at razor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA