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SAFETY RAZOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safety razor mean?
• SAFETY RAZOR (noun)
The noun SAFETY RAZOR has 1 sense:
1. a razor with a guard to prevent deep cuts in the skin
Familiarity information: SAFETY RAZOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A razor with a guard to prevent deep cuts in the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("safety razor" is a kind of...):
razor (edge tool used in shaving)
Context examples
It is true, after six months' correspondence, he effected a compromise, whereby he received a safety razor for Turtle-catching, and that The Acropolis, having agreed to give him five dollars cash and five yearly subscriptions: for The Northeast Trades, fulfilled the second part of the agreement.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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