ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
  2. A foretooth; an incisor.
  3. (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
  4. (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
  5. (baseball) A cut fastball.
  6. (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.
  7. (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

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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