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
Of those, 63 were either two-seam fastballs or what Statcast labeled as his slider/cutter.
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Compiled From Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
In this new world, your face is your boarding pass, your electronic luggage tag transforms itself for each new flight, and gate scanners catch line cutters trying to sneak onto the plane early.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
The cutter joined a curveball, sweeper and fastball that can hit the upper-90s.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Compiled From Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
In this new world, your face is your boarding pass, your electronic luggage tag transforms itself for each new flight, and gate scanners catch line cutters trying to sneak onto the plane early.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
The cutter joined a curveball, sweeper and fastball that can hit the upper-90s.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutter
knife
Noun
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As the pair came to blows and a knife was pulled, a 32-year-old good Samaritan tried to break up the fight, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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Dust the pasta sheet on both sides with flour, then use a pasta cutter or sharp knife to cut dough into 1/2 -inch strips (fettuccine) or 1-inch strips (pappardelle).—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutter. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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