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woodcutter

[ wood-kuht-er ]

noun

  1. a person who cuts down trees for firewood.
  2. a person who makes woodcuts.


woodcutter

/ ˈwʊdˌkʌtə /

noun

  1. a person who fells trees or chops wood
  2. a person who makes woodcuts


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Derived Forms

  • ˈwoodˌcutting, noun

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Other Words From

  • woodcutting noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of woodcutter1

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; wood 1 + cutter

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Example Sentences

The woodcutter's hut is empty and bare, and the master that made it is gone.

So the woodcutter, not unnaturally, regarded his visitor with some suspicion.

Much surprise and interest are excited by this achievement of the woodcutter's son.

A woodcutter's axe might have any amount of weight and thickness of iron behind the edge; not so a sword blade or a spear point.

It would have been hard to find a happier family than the woodcutter's as they set out for the village that day.

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