About The Word Cutter

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Cutter

Cutter Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cutter?
[n] a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
[n] a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop [n] a boat for communication between ship and shore [n] someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments) [n] someone who carves the meat [n] someone who cuts or carves stone Synonyms | Synonyms for Cutter: carver | cutlery | cutting tool | pinnace | ship's boat | stonecutter | tender Related Terms | Find terms related to Cutter: abridger | abstracter | analyzer | ax | baby tooth | bicuspid | blade | breaker | bucktooth | canine | centrifuge | cold steel | crown | cuspid | cutlery | dagger | deciduous tooth | dent | denticle | denticulation | dentil | dentition | dogtooth | edge tools | epitomist | epitomizer | eyetooth | fang | finisher | fore tooth | gagtooth | gang tooth | garmentmaker | garmentworker | gold tooth | grinder | incisor | knife | milk tooth | molar | naked steel | needleworker | peg | permanent tooth | pigsticker | pivot tooth | point | premolar | puncturer | scrivello | separator | sharpener | shortener | sieve | snag | snaggletooth | steel | stitcher | stripper | sword | toad sticker | tooth | tush | tusk | whittle | wisdom tooth See Also | boat | bolt cutter | cigar cutter | cutting implement | die | diner | edge tool | garment cutter | gem cutter | gig | glass cutter | glasscutter | quarrier | quarryman | sailing ship | sailing vessel | skilled worker | tile cutter | trained worker Cutter In Webster's Dictionary \Cut"ter\ (k?t"t?r), n.
1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one
who cuts out garments.
2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool
or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower
which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.
3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray.
4. (Naut.)
(a) A boat used by ships of war.
(b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most
essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end
deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends
for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted
with lead.
(c) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the
revenue marine service; -- also called {revenue
cutter}.
5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.
6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the
tallies the sums paid.
7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]
8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so
called from the facility with which it can be cut.
{Cutter bar}. (Mach.)
(a) A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a
boring machine.
(b) The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester
are attached.
{Cutter head} (Mach.), a rotating head, which itself forms a
cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be
attached, as in a planing or matching machine. --Knight.
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