cutter

Definition

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

Etymology

From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.

Example Sentences

• "a stone cutter; a die cutter"
• "In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes."
• "The intervening years, however, were spent as a cutter. He was, indeed, one of the best film editors in the business, winning an Academy Award for Body and Soul (1947)."