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strop

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of strop

to make sharp or sharper

  • at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades
Synonyms of strop

edge, grind, hone, sharpen, stone, whet
Words Related to strop

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Near Antonyms of strop

buff, burnish, gloss, polish, round, smooth
Antonyms of strop

blunt, dull

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