: a keen-edged cutting instrument for shaving or cutting hair
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The margins are razor thin here, akin to say Augusta or Bay Hill.—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 Republicans control the chamber by a razor thin margin of 218-214.—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025 In Egypt, copper’s versatility extended from metal vessels and razors to the chisels that smoothed the pyramids’ limestone blocks, while Greek soldiers used copper-alloy rams on their ships to defeat the Persians at Salamis.—Ed MacHa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Heartbreaking, hilarious, and terrifying by turns, while always on the razor’s edge of the inexplicable.—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for razor
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Etymology
Middle English rasour, from Anglo-French rasur, from raser to raze, shave — more at rase
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