Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
cutter
IPA transcription: [k'ʌtɚ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
cutter, cutlery, cutting_tool
Meaning:
a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
Synonyms:
cutter
Meaning:
a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
Synonyms:
tender, ship's_boat, pinnace, cutter
Meaning:
a boat for communication between ship and shore
Synonyms:
cutter
Meaning:
someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
Synonyms:
cutter, carver
Meaning:
someone who carves the meat
Synonyms:
stonecutter, cutter
Meaning:
someone who cuts or carves stone
Usage examples
Wheresh my gold-mounted paper cutter, Darcy?"
Those who remained on board the cutter fared very badly.
"I'll be slipping off now before your Revenue cutter comes.
On Rugg's declining to stop, Mr. Cutter urged him vehemently.
"Wheresh tha' paper cutter I left for you t' 'grave Pearl's name on?
Then with a biscuit cutter, cut it into rounds about the size of a chop.
Then come more, which I reckoned was Captain Giddens in the Revenue cutter.
The old servant was saying: "You 'aven't 'appened to meet a Samuel Cutter in America, 'ave you?
That may point to carelessness or it may point to agitation and hurry upon the part of the cutter.
Five of the crew managed to escape in the cutter's boat and were picked up some days later by a passing vessel.