razor

B1 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈɹeɪzɚ/ UK /ˈɹeɪzə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

raiser /ˈɹeɪzɚ/

Freq #6621

Meanings

1

noun
A sharp tool used to shave hair from the skin.

He cut himself shaving with an old razor.
2

verb
To shave something with a razor.

He razored off his beard before the interview.

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Word family

Forms razors

Derived forms razor-backedrazor-sharprazor-thinrazor-wiredrazorbackrazorbillrazorfishrazorlessrazorlikerazormakerrazormakingrazorman

Related forms rase raze

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Phrases (1)

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razor blade
the thin cutting blade fitted to a razor

Noun + noun

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”).

rasour Middle English

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Tools, Machines & Construction

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# razor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹeɪzɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹeɪzə/
**Frequency rank:** 6621

## Meanings
1. A sharp tool used to shave hair from the skin.
2. To shave something with a razor.

## Examples
- He cut himself shaving with an old razor.
- He razored off his beard before the interview.

## Derived Forms
- razor-backed
- razor-sharp
- razor-thin
- razor-wired
- razorback
- razorbill
- razorfish
- razorless
- razorlike
- razormaker
- razormaking
- razorman

## Related Forms
- rase
- raze

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rasour

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Razor comes 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”). Modern senses include a sharp tool used to shave hair from the skin. and to shave something with a razor.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as razor-backed, razor-sharp, razor-thin, razor-wired, razorback, and razorbill and related forms such as rase and raze.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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