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Word entry · 5 letters

razor

Best crossword clue

"Barber's blade"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹeɪzə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aorrzStarts with REnds with R2 cluesVery common crossword word
1R2A3Z4O5R

Definitions

  1. A sharp blade or tool used for shaving.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.
  • Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor
  • He thought likewise, that what with razoring and tanning, and the change of his clothes, he was not likely to be recognised.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Barber's blade5 letters
02Shaving blade5 letters

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