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CUTTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cutting implement; a tool for cutting
Synonyms:
cutlery; cutter; cutting tool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):
cutting implement (a tool used for cutting or slicing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutter"):
bolt cutter (an implement for cutting bolts)
cigar cutter (an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar)
die (a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods)
edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))
glass cutter (a tool for cutting glass)
tile cutter (a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles)
Derivation:
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A boat for communication between ship and shore
Synonyms:
cutter; pinnace; ship's boat; tender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutter"):
gig (tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutter"):
garment cutter (someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments)
gem cutter (one who cuts and shapes precious stones)
glass-cutter; glass cutter (someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass)
Derivation:
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Someone who carves the meat
Synonyms:
carver; cutter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):
diner (a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant))
Sense 6
Meaning:
Someone who cuts or carves stone
Synonyms:
cutter; stonecutter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):
quarrier; quarryman (a man who works in a quarry)
Context examples:
And there were the low Paumotus, and the high Marquesas; he saw himself often, now, on board trading schooners or frail little cutters, slipping out at dawn through the reef at Papeete and beginning the long beat through the pearl-atolls to Nukahiva and the Bay of Taiohae, where Tamari, he knew, would kill a pig in honor of his coming, and where Tamari's flower-garlanded daughters would seize his hands and with song and laughter garland him with flowers.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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