cutter

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cutter

The tailor uses a sharp cutter to trim the fabric.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A cutting implement; a tool for cutting: A device or instrument designed to sever, trim, or shape materials.
    • A sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop: A type of small, fast sailing boat with a specific mast configuration.
    • A boat for communication between ship and shore: A small boat used to transport people or goods from a larger vessel to land.
    • Someone whose work is cutting (as e.g., cutting cloth for garments): A person whose occupation involves cutting materials, such as fabric.
    • Someone who carves the meat: A person, often in a formal dining setting, who slices and serves meat.
    • Someone who cuts or carves stone: A worker who shapes stone, such as a stonemason.
Examples of Usage
  • As a tool:
    • Use a pastry cutter to shape the dough.
    • The wire cutter made the job easy.
  • As a vessel:
    • The coast guard dispatched a cutter to intercept the ship.
    • They sailed the cutter around the bay.
  • As a person:
    • The tailor's cutter is very skilled with patterns.
    • The cutter at the banquet expertly sliced the roast.
Advanced Usage
  • "Revenue cutter": A vessel used by customs authorities to prevent smuggling.
    • In the 19th century, revenue cutters patrolled the coast for smugglers.
  • In manufacturing, a "die cutter" is a machine or tool for cutting specific shapes from materials.
    • The die cutter produced hundreds of cardboard shapes per hour.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cut (verb): To divide or sever with a sharp instrument.
  • Cutting (noun/adj): The action of cutting; or something sharp or incisive.
  • Cookie cutter (noun, compound): A tool for cutting cookie dough into shapes; (figuratively) something lacking originality.
    • The development plan was criticized for being cookie-cutter.
Synonyms
  • Tool: Blade, slicer, trimmer.
  • Vessel: Launch, tender, sloop.
  • Worker: Carver, slicer, stonecutter.
Related Phrases
  • Cutter head: The part of a machine that holds the cutting tool.
    • The milling machine's cutter head needed replacement.
  • Glass cutter: A tool for scoring glass to break it cleanly.
    • The glazier used a diamond-tipped glass cutter.
Related Idioms
  • To be a cut above: To be superior. (Note: This idiom uses "cut," not "cutter," but is semantically related to quality).
    • Her work is always a cut above the rest.
cutter

The tailor uses a sharp cutter to trim the fabric.

Noun
  1. a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
  2. a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
  3. a boat for communication between ship and shore
  4. someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
  5. someone who carves the meat
  6. someone who cuts or carves stone

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