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
Over the past couple of seasons, Flaherty has ramped up the usage of his knuckle-curve to play off his slider, while Gray has added a cutter and made some subtle changes to his fastballs.
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Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Cut with a floured 2 3/4- to 3-inch round or square cutter; re-form scraps as necessary to make six biscuits.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
Cable-cutters can tune into the performance through a variety of Live TV streamers with access to NBC such as DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV (in select markets).
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
The salesperson in the custom knife shop with a $1,200 pizza cutter on offer — albeit the most beautiful pizza cutter I, personally, have ever seen — said that more customers had started to trickle in now that the fervor on Main Street had died down and the roads were clearer.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
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Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Cut with a floured 2 3/4- to 3-inch round or square cutter; re-form scraps as necessary to make six biscuits.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
Cable-cutters can tune into the performance through a variety of Live TV streamers with access to NBC such as DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV (in select markets).
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
The salesperson in the custom knife shop with a $1,200 pizza cutter on offer — albeit the most beautiful pizza cutter I, personally, have ever seen — said that more customers had started to trickle in now that the fervor on Main Street had died down and the roads were clearer.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutter
knife
Noun
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The brutal tumble down the ice, those skis with knife-sharp edges twirling as the snow cloud engulfs her.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Run a knife through to release air bubbles.—
Sarah Carey,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutter. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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