Definition of razorback in English:
razorback
noun ˈreɪzəbakˈreɪzərˌbæk
1A pig of a half-wild breed common in the southern US, with the back formed into a high narrow ridge.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, the razorback pigs from which it is made are raised in N. Carolina as well as in Virginia.
- The murderous vendetta lasted years and involved disputes over a razorback hog and various other affronts to family dignity.
- The pig known as the razorback is often associated with the state of Arkansas.
- You've got the razorback, which is tough, all muscle.
- This thing was like a razorback but with a deep shag like a mammoth and a tail more like a snake than a tail, and with a big tuft of hair on the end.
2A steep-sided narrow ridge of land.
Example sentencesExamples
- To Marie, it looked like " a razorback ridge of featureless rock".
- We bundled up in our heaviest clothing, packed lots of food and drinks, and ascended the razorback ridge known as Section 21.
- Occasionally I glimpsed in the west a forested, razorback ridge sloping toward the equatorial lowlands below.
- Getting up Mt. Gudmundson didn't look so easy as there was a very steep ice and snow bank forming a razorback up to the rocky outcrops.
- The terrain covered each day would include climbing razorback ridges with spectacular views, rock hopping along creek beds surrounded by tall cliffs, travelling through rocky gorges, and the occasional picturesque waterhole.
Definition of razorback in US English:
razorback
nounˈrāzərˌbakˈreɪzərˌbæk
1A pig of a half-wild breed common in the southern US, with the back formed into a high narrow ridge.
Example sentencesExamples
- The murderous vendetta lasted years and involved disputes over a razorback hog and various other affronts to family dignity.
- This thing was like a razorback but with a deep shag like a mammoth and a tail more like a snake than a tail, and with a big tuft of hair on the end.
- The pig known as the razorback is often associated with the state of Arkansas.
- However, the razorback pigs from which it is made are raised in N. Carolina as well as in Virginia.
- You've got the razorback, which is tough, all muscle.
2A steep-sided narrow ridge of land.
Example sentencesExamples
- We bundled up in our heaviest clothing, packed lots of food and drinks, and ascended the razorback ridge known as Section 21.
- Occasionally I glimpsed in the west a forested, razorback ridge sloping toward the equatorial lowlands below.
- The terrain covered each day would include climbing razorback ridges with spectacular views, rock hopping along creek beds surrounded by tall cliffs, travelling through rocky gorges, and the occasional picturesque waterhole.
- Getting up Mt. Gudmundson didn't look so easy as there was a very steep ice and snow bank forming a razorback up to the rocky outcrops.
- To Marie, it looked like " a razorback ridge of featureless rock".