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Noun

razor (plural razors)

  1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
  2. Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
  3. The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
  4. (philosophy) A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

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