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ər noun
1.
a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
2.
a machine, tool, or other device for cutting.
3.
4.
Also called revenue cutter. a lightly armed government vessel used to prevent smuggling and enforce the customs regulations.
5.
a person employed as a film editor.
6.
a small, light sleigh, usually single-seated and pulled by one horse.
7.
Also called rubber. a brick suitable for cutting and rubbing.
8.
a.
a low-quality grade of beef between utility and canner.
b.
beef of this grade, mostly used in processed beef products, as sausage.
9.
adjective
10.
(in U.S. government grading of beef) graded between utility and canner.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that cuts, esp a person who cuts cloth for clothing |
| 2. | a sailing boat with its mast stepped further aft so as to have a larger foretriangle than that of a sloop |
| 3. | a ship's boat, powered by oars or sail, for carrying passengers or light cargo |
| 4. | a small lightly armed boat, as used in the enforcement of customs regulations |
| 5. | a pig weighing between 68 and 82 kg, from which fillets and larger joints are cut |
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Word Origin & History
cutter
early 15c., "one who cuts," in any sense, agent noun from cut (v.). As a type of small, single-masted vessel, from 1762, earlier "boat belonging to a ship of war" (1745), perhaps so called from the notion of "cutting" through the water.
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Example sentences
Many have credited the southpaw's success to his new cutter, a pitch that's grown in popularity in the major leagues as of late.
Cut out rounds with floured cutter and transfer to a lightly floured baking sheet.
The work is primarily old found books cut with the laser cutter, as well as some laser cut drawings.
With a small knife or pizza cutter, trim off unsightly crust excess.
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