razor burn
razor burn · razor burns
A type of mild to moderate skin irritation occurring when the hair follicules curl…A type of mild to moderate skin irritation occurring when the hair follicules curl back into the skin (razor bumps), caused by shaving improperly or with a blunt razor.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, informal, uncountable)A type of mild to moderate skin irritation occurring when the hair follicules curl back into the skin (razor bumps), caused by shaving improperly or with a blunt razor.
Forms
plural: razor burns| Singular | razor burn |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedbarber's itch
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.