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Etymology edit

Deverbal from обре́зать (obrézatʹ).

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Noun edit

обре́з (obrézm inan (genitive обре́за, nominative plural обре́зы, genitive plural обре́зов)

  1. edge (of book pages, a roof, etc.)
    в обре́зv obrézonly just enough; very short
    У меня́ вре́мени в обре́з.U menjá vrémeni v obréz.I have just enough time. / I have no time to spare.
  2. sawn-off rifle, sawn-off shotgun
  3. (automotive) shoulder, verge (narrow strip of flat land adjacent to a highway)
  4. (dated) wooden vat (made from a barrel sawn in half)
  5. (dated) cut (a small wound)
    Synonym: поре́з (poréz)

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