razorblade
or ra·zor blade
[ rey-zer-bleyd ]
/ ˈreɪ zərˌbleɪd /
noun
a sharp-edged metal blade for use in a razor.
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How to use razorblade in a sentence
Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.
Despite a dizzying number of women coming forward against her husband, Camille Cosby refuses to sharpen her blade of vengeance.
Their jagged edges and razor sharp teeth make you stand a little further back then normal.
“Sociable” and “puckish” is how a Toledo Blade headline described them in 1957.
Many of the so-called “razor-close” races in key states were never truly competitive.
The Frenchman's blade scintillated in the setting sun around Haggard's more stiffly held weapon.
The Frenchman never withdrew his blade; but his very anxiety to make a hit was defeating itself.
Right over the stone marker, a long-shafted war-lance was carved—the blade pointing down.
Then he rubbed the blade of his knife back and forth over this till the edge was sharp enough to split a hair with ease.
He stood up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase.
British Dictionary definitions for razorblade
noun
a small rectangular piece of metal sharpened on one or both long edges for use in a razor for shaving
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