One should strop the razor before each shave.
Source: wiktionary
Strop
//stɹɒp//
Synonyms for "strop" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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16 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ремък за точене noun (strap)
- точа на ремък verb (To sharpen with a strop)
Catalan
1 entries- estrop noun (rope)
Czech
2 entries- obtahovací řemen noun (strap)
- obtahovat verb (To sharpen with a strop)
Danish
3 entries- rem noun (strap)
- strygerem noun (strap)
- stryge verb (To sharpen with a strop)
Dutch
3 entries- riem noun (strap)
- scheerriem noun (strap)
- wetten verb (To sharpen with a strop)
French
2 entries- estrope noun (rope)
- lanière noun (strap)
German
1 entries- Riemen noun (strap)
Ido
1 entries- stropo noun (rope)
Italian
2 entries- affilarasoio noun (strap)
- coramella noun (strap)
Macedonian
1 entries- ремен noun (strap)
Swedish
2 entries- strigel noun (strap)
- strigla verb (To sharpen with a strop)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The barber—a round, bustling fellow—stropped his razor and prattled gossip.
Source: wiktionary
[…] he almost fell out of the phone booth laughing and said to her, 'Boy, did my son buy a strop! Did he get stuck!'
Source: wiktionary
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