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# cutter

noun (a cutter, cutters)

«cutter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cutter is a tool or machine used for cutting, like a pastry cutter, wire cutters or a paper cutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#m1)
2. A cutter is also a person whose job is to cut things, like cloth or stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#m2)
3. A cutter is a small fast boat or a ship used by the coast guard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday: cookie or pastry cutters press shapes out of dough; pizza cutters roll to slice. In art and design lessons, craft knives and box cutters are very sharp and only used with an adult; always cut away from your body on a cutting mat. In maths, shape cutters help make shapes for symmetry and fractions. Phrases: «cookie cutter» (also means all the same, not original), «wire cutters», «box cutter», «pizza cutter».

### Examples

- We used a star-shaped cutter for the biscuits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x1)
- Dad cut the wire with wire cutters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x2)
- Only use the craft cutter with a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x3)
- Roll the pizza cutter across the pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x4)
- The coast guard cutter sped across the bay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x5)
- The cutter at the stone yard shaped the stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x6)
- The houses all looked cookie-cutter, exactly the same. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x7)
- Cut away from your fingers when using a cutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x8)
- Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a cutter, cutters»; «wire cutters» is used in the plural like «scissors». Double t: «cutter» (cut + t + er). Box cutters and craft knives are dangerous; they are not toys.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cutter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cutter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cutter.html) on Mova free.