Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Hard and sharp enough to cut metal: Describes a tool, blade, or material specifically designed or capable of cutting through metal.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Always use a metal-cutting blade in your saw for this project.
  • These are specialized metal-cutting shears.
  • The workshop purchased a new metal-cutting bandsaw.

Advanced Usage

• As a compound adjective: Typically used directly before a noun to specify the tool's purpose. It is often hyphenated.
  • The metal-cutting capacity of the laser is impressive.
• Implied process: Can sometimes refer to the industrial process or activity of cutting metal, though this is more commonly expressed as "metal cutting" (without the hyphen) as a noun phrase.
  • The metal-cutting phase of production is complete. (Here, it describes the phase.)

Variants and Related Words

• Metal cutting (noun phrase): The action or process of cutting metal.
  • Metal cutting requires proper safety gear.
• Metal cutter (noun): A person or tool that cuts metal.
  • He works as a metal cutter in a factory.

Synonyms

• Hardened (for tools/blades): Treated to be very hard and durable.
• Industrial-grade: Of a quality suitable for industrial use, such as cutting metal.

Related Phrases

• Capable of cutting metal: A descriptive phrase with the same meaning.
  • This blade is capable of cutting metal.
• For cutting metal: A simpler prepositional phrase indicating purpose.
  • These pliers are for cutting metal.

Adjective

1. hard and sharp enough to cut metal
   • metal-cutting tools