Cutter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌtɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cutter is a noun meaning A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
Meaning
A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
More Meanings
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- (baseball) A cut fastball.
- (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
Example Sentences
a coastguard cutter.
a stone cutter; a die cutter
the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root
In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes.
Word Forms
- cutters
Synonyms for cutter
Depending on context, synonyms include slasher, splash, splasher, nank, shank, bassy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include carver, cutlery, razor, chopper, blade, knife.
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