straight razor
6
4.9
- noun
- /ˈstreɪt ˈreɪzər/
:
navaja
- The barber carefully used a straight razor to achieve the closest shave.
- shave with a straight razor
- stropping a straight razor
- handled a straight razor
Examples
-
My grandfather used to shave every morning with a straight razor.
-
I bought a straight razor, a brush, and soap once for an ex; the bastard never used it.
Blog text (1) -
That kid in the brown shirt has a straight razor.
-
Next to it lay a cake of soap, a silver straight razor, and a covered dish.
Fiction book (1992) -
Everyone has shifted to a straight razor without even so much as an adjustment period.
Blog text (13) -
It's a straight razor.
-
Abigail shaves the back of Fester's head with a straight razor.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lloyd's getting shaved by an attendant with a straight razor.
Fiction book (1994) -
Ratty folds his straight razor and slips it into his breast pocket.
Fiction book (1996) -
Don Whiskerandos is ministering to Monk Eastman with a straight razor, giving him a close and careful shave.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
210
1.0
A sharp tool with a thin metal edge for cutting hair from the face or body
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'straight' (not bent) modifies 'razor' (shaving blade), so the meaning 'a razor with a straight blade' is directly derivable from the parts. This follows a common cross-linguistic compound pattern with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Straight razor comes from the tool's long, straight blade that folds into its handle and the word razor for a sharp blade. Barbers used this sharp razor for a very close shave, so the name now means that old 'shaving tool'.