cutting
/ˈkʌtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.61 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?"
- "Ye ſhall not make any cuttings in your fleſh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you: I am the Lord."
- "The first stage of the demolition work consisted of removing, by oxy-acetylene cutting, the whole of the plate floor, cross-girders, and lattice parapets."
- "The first industrial use of CO₂ lasers was the cutting of plywood dye boards for the packaging industry. [...] The laser cutting process has a number of advantages over competing technologies which have ensured the growth of this branch of industry: [...]"
- "Female genital cutting is an intentional, nonmedical modification of the female genitalia. It is commonly performed on girls between the ages of 4 and 16, although in some cases it is performed on infants as young as three months old."
- "[O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkʌtɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈkʌtɪŋ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
cake-cutting
cord-cutting
cost cutting
cost-cutting
cutting torch
die cutting
fair-cake cutting
genital cutting