strop

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
2. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Verb

1. To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
2. (obsolete) To strap.

Verb

To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.

Concepten

scheerriem

strop

wetten

Synoniemen

grind

strap

edge

razor strop

whet

sharpen

hone

abrase

polish up

work at

acuminate

stroke

brush up

refine

sand

set

wipe

work on

Vertalingen

coramella

estrope

kılağılamak

Streichriemen

cuir à rasoir

ακονίζω

λωρί ξυραφιού

τροχίζω ξυράφι

ακονίζω ξυράφι

lanière

حدّ

abziehen

afilador

affilarasoio

afilador

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɹɒp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.