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CUTTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cutting implement; a tool for cutting

Synonyms:

cutlery; cutter; cutting tool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):

cutting implement (a tool used for cutting or slicing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutter"):

bolt cutter (an implement for cutting bolts)

cigar cutter (an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar)

die (a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods)

edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))

glass cutter (a tool for cutting glass)

tile cutter (a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles)

Derivation:

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A boat for communication between ship and shore

Synonyms:

cutter; pinnace; ship's boat; tender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutter"):

gig (tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutter"):

garment cutter (someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments)

gem cutter (one who cuts and shapes precious stones)

glass-cutter; glass cutter (someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass)

Derivation:

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Someone who carves the meat

Synonyms:

carver; cutter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):

diner (a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Someone who cuts or carves stone

Synonyms:

cutter; stonecutter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cutter" is a kind of...):

quarrier; quarryman (a man who works in a quarry)

Credits

 Context examples: 

And there were the low Paumotus, and the high Marquesas; he saw himself often, now, on board trading schooners or frail little cutters, slipping out at dawn through the reef at Papeete and beginning the long beat through the pearl-atolls to Nukahiva and the Bay of Taiohae, where Tamari, he knew, would kill a pig in honor of his coming, and where Tamari's flower-garlanded daughters would seize his hands and with song and laughter garland him with flowers.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)