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cutaway
[ kuht-uh-wey ]
noun
- Also called cutaway coat. a man's formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back.
- Movies, Television.
- a switch from one scene to another for showing simultaneous or related action, creating suspense, etc.
- Also called cutaway shot. a shot that abruptly introduces content, scenery, etc., away from the central action.
- an illustration or scale model having the outer section removed to display the interior.
adjective
- having a part cut away, as an outer section of something being illustrated so that the inside may be shown.
cutaway
/ ˈkʌtəˌweɪ /
noun
- a man's coat cut diagonally from the front waist to the back of the knees
- a drawing or model of a machine, engine, etc, in which part of the casing is omitted to reveal the workings
- ( as modifier )
a cutaway model
- films television a shot separate from the main action of a scene, to emphasize something or to show simultaneous events
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cutaway1
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Example Sentences
The man stood before him in top-hat, a cutaway revealed through the folds of his fur coat.
The cutaway is made of a small piece of board, a cigar-box lid, an old yardstick or a piece of lath, which should be about 6 in.
He has on a cutaway suit—a relic of his first and last public concert before the war.
Her cutaway coat was buttoned tightly over a manly bosom, and her waist was not waspish.
He was not lucky enough to take after her in looks, except in her one weak feature, a cutaway chin.
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