cutting
♦ cut|ting /k'ʌtɪŋ/ (cuttings)
1 [N-COUNT]
A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. (BRIT; in AM, use clipping)
Here are the press cuttings and reviews.
= clipping
2 [N-COUNT]
A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it.
Take cuttings from it in July or August.
3 [N-COUNT]
A cutting is a narrow valley cut through a hill so that a railway line or road can pass through. (BRIT; in AM, use cut)
4 [ADJ]
A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings.
People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior or powerful.cut|ting board (cutting boards)
[N-COUNT]
A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on. (AM; in BRIT, usually use chopping board)cut|ting edge
The spelling cutting-edge is used for meaning 3.
1 [N-SING] usu at/on the N of n
If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
This shipyard is at the cutting edge of world shipbuilding technology.
= forefront
2 [N-SING]
If someone or something gives you a cutting edge, they give you an advantage over your competitors.
If Pearce had been fit, we would have won. We missed the cutting edge he would have given us.
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Cutting-edge techniques or equipment are the most advanced that there are in a particular field.
What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before...cut|ting room
[N-SING] usu the N
The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
Her scene ended up on the cutting room floor.
1 [N-COUNT]
A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. (BRIT; in AM, use clipping)
Here are the press cuttings and reviews.
= clipping
2 [N-COUNT]
A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it.
Take cuttings from it in July or August.
3 [N-COUNT]
A cutting is a narrow valley cut through a hill so that a railway line or road can pass through. (BRIT; in AM, use cut)
4 [ADJ]
A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings.
People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior or powerful.cut|ting board (cutting boards)
[N-COUNT]
A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on. (AM; in BRIT, usually use chopping board)cut|ting edge
The spelling cutting-edge is used for meaning 3.
1 [N-SING] usu at/on the N of n
If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
This shipyard is at the cutting edge of world shipbuilding technology.
= forefront
2 [N-SING]
If someone or something gives you a cutting edge, they give you an advantage over your competitors.
If Pearce had been fit, we would have won. We missed the cutting edge he would have given us.
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Cutting-edge techniques or equipment are the most advanced that there are in a particular field.
What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before...cut|ting room
[N-SING] usu the N
The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
Her scene ended up on the cutting room floor.