strop

🇺🇸 /strɑːp/ 🇬🇧 /strɒp/
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noun
R

A piece of leather used to make a razor sharp.

He used the strop to sharpen the razor.

verb
R

To make a razor or blade sharp by using a strop.

She stropped the razor to get it ready for shaving.

translation

n. A piece of leather used to make a razor sharp.
v. To make a razor or blade sharp by using a strop.

Word Forms

Plural strops
Past stropped
Progressive stropping
3rd Present strops
Perfect stropped