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
My blue diode laser cutter isn't that fast, not even on cardstock.
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New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
Inside his bag were a barbecue fork and a rounded blade that resembled a pizza cutter, per the complaint.
—Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
In a photo included in the complaint, the blade appeared to be a small pizza cutter wheel.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Seamstresses, embroiderers and pattern-cutters account for around 40 people.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
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New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
Inside his bag were a barbecue fork and a rounded blade that resembled a pizza cutter, per the complaint.
—Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
In a photo included in the complaint, the blade appeared to be a small pizza cutter wheel.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Seamstresses, embroiderers and pattern-cutters account for around 40 people.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutter
knife
Noun
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Court documents say Shade removed the knife from the scene of the stabbing and discarded it in the parking lot to hide from police.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Feb. 2026
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Becoming a master of quadruple jumps that no one else can land, rising with all the ease of a young Michael Jordan—before landing on a pair of butcher knives, on ice.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutter. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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