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Definition of Cutter
1. Noun. Someone who cuts or carves stone.
2. Noun. Someone who carves the meat.
3. Noun. Someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments).
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Cut
4. Noun. A boat for communication between ship and shore.
5. Noun. A sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop.
6. Noun. A cutting implement; a tool for cutting.
Specialized synonyms: Bolt Cutter, Cigar Cutter, Die, Edge Tool, Glass Cutter, Tile Cutter
Generic synonyms: Cutting Implement
Derivative terms: Cut
Definition of Cutter
1. n. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.
Definition of Cutter
1. Noun. A person or device that cuts ¹
2. Noun. (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. ¹
3. Noun. A heavy-duty motor boat for official use. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore. ¹
5. Noun. (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut. ¹
6. Noun. (baseball) A cut fastball. ¹
7. Noun. (slang) A ten pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon. ¹
8. Noun. (slang) A person who practices self-injury. ¹
9. Noun. A light sleigh drawn by one horse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutter
1. one that cuts [n -S] - See also: cuts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutter
Literary usage of Cutter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"A rotary cutter in the metal art, called the Brown & Sharpe metal cutter, ...
The counsel for appellants admits that that rotary cutter "bears a close ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1864)
"The cutter kept up her firing for a short time, when, finding that she would ...
The Chesapeake, as she boro down upon the cutter, fired her two guns at her ..."
3. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"cutter 3 zj 3f 2j to 3* Rad. Circle TV to No. Teeth 14 i> 10 CONCAVE AND CONVEX
... cutter 2 2} to Dia. Circle to 2 ANGULAR cutterS Dia. of cutter No. ..."
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