box cutter

noun

: a small cutting tool that is designed for opening cardboard boxes and typically consists of a retractable razor blade in a thin metal or plastic sheath

Examples of box cutter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An Independence man is being held with $200,000 bond after he was accused of driving up to 105 mph in a police chase and swinging a box cutter and bag of mini-donuts at officers. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Trump has claimed without substantiation that vandals dumped fertilizer into the pool and slashed the coating with a box cutter. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Score these lines with a box cutter in the same fashion as before. — Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026

One man who worked at the plant was sentenced to 14 months in prison after being convicted of wielding a box cutter while attempting to resist an immigration arrest. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for box cutter

• stonecutter
• woodcutter
• butter
• clutter
• flutter
• gutter
• mutter
• nutter
• putter
• rutter
• shutter
• sputter

Kids Definition

box cutter

noun

: a small cutting tool used especially for opening cardboard boxes