cutter : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an implement for cutting bolts
  

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• a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into "chaff" for the use of cattle.

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• noun a kitchen utensil (board or handle) with a wire for cutting cheese
  

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• noun an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar
  

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• noun a kitchen utensil used to cut a sheet of cookie dough into desired shapes before baking
  

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• adjective satellite having the same appearance (as if mass-produced)
  
  • a suburb of cookie-cutter houses

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• .(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.

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• (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.

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• noun a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
  antipersonnel bomb; fragmentation bomb; anti-personnel bomb.
  
• noun a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground
  

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• a maker of files.

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• noun someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments
  

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• a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting.

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• noun one who cuts and shapes precious stones
  

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• noun someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass
  glass cutter.
  
• noun someone who cuts flat glass to size
  glass cutter; glazier; glassworker; glazer.
  
• noun a tool for cutting glass
  

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• . (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass.

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• noun someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass
  glass cutter.
  
• noun someone who cuts flat glass to size
  glass cutter; glazier; glassworker; glazer.
  

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Hay"-cut`ter noun

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1. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.

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• (Zoöl.) , any one of various species of wild bees of the genus Megachile, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are M. brevis and M. centuncularis. Called also rose-cutting bee.

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• noun bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
  leaf-cutter; leaf-cutting bee.
  

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• noun bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
  leaf-cutter; leaf-cutting bee.
  

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• one who engraves letters or letter punches.

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• noun a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum
  linoleum knife.
  

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• a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.

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• noun a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size
  

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• noun a hand tool for cutting pipe
  

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• (Zoöl.), a South American passerine bird of the genus Phytotoma, family Phytotomidæ. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several large African birds of the genus Musophaga, or family Musophagidæ, especially Musophaga violacea. See Turaco. They are allied to the cuckoos.

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• an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.

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Straw"-cut`ter noun

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1. An instrument to cut straw for fodder.

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Sward"-cut`ter noun

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1. A plow for turning up grass land.
2. A lawn mower.

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• noun a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles
  

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• a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter.

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• noun an edge tool used in cutting wire
  

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