as in knife
an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
a fabric cutter
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Recent Examples of cutter
These immigrants are hired as sewers, sample makers, pattern cutters, finishers, and packers.
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Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 12 June 2025
Why This Recipe Is So Memorable The best way to achieve the creamed corn consistency and taste, per my grandmother’s recommendation, is to use an old-fashioned wooden corn cutter or creamer.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
The other hero Machado fouled off a cutter in the heart of the strike zone on the fifth pitch of his at-bat against Dan Zastryzny in the seventh inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
To cut dough by machine: Run the pasta sheets through the pasta cutter, then toss noodles with flour to prevent sticking.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 12 June 2025
Why This Recipe Is So Memorable The best way to achieve the creamed corn consistency and taste, per my grandmother’s recommendation, is to use an old-fashioned wooden corn cutter or creamer.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
The other hero Machado fouled off a cutter in the heart of the strike zone on the fifth pitch of his at-bat against Dan Zastryzny in the seventh inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
To cut dough by machine: Run the pasta sheets through the pasta cutter, then toss noodles with flour to prevent sticking.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutter
knife
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In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history.—
Erin Quinlan,
Architectural Digest,
30 June 2025
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All four had been stabbed multiple times with a large knife.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutter. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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