cutter

1. 1.

   someone who cuts or carves stone

   Synonymsstonecutter

   Broaderquarryman
2. 2.

   someone who carves the meat

   Synonymscarver

   Broaderdiner
3. 3.

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

   Broaderskilled worker

   Narrowergarment cuttergem cutterglass cutter
4. 4.

   a boat for communication between ship and shore

   Synonymstendership's boatpinnace

   Broaderboat

   Narrowergig
5. 5.

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

   Broadersailing vessel
6. 6.

   a cutting implement; a tool for cutting

   Synonymscutlerycutting tool

   Broadercutting implement

   Narrowerbolt cuttercigar cutterdieedge toolglass cuttertile cutter

Other forms of cutter

plural

cutters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cutter

What does cutter mean?

cutter means "someone who cuts or carves stone". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cutter?

cutter has 2 syllables: cut-ter. The stress falls on "cut". In IPA it is /ˈkʌtɚ/.

What is another word for cutter?

Close synonyms include stonecutter, carver, tender, ship's boat, pinnace. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cutter a common word?

cutter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cutter?

1 word rhymes with cutter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.