cutter

Everyday

1. A cutter is a tool or machine used for cutting, like a pastry cutter, wire cutters or a paper cutter. tree →
2. A cutter is also a person whose job is to cut things, like cloth or stone. tree →
3. A cutter is a small fast boat or a ship used by the coast guard. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday: cookie or pastry cutters press shapes out of dough; pizza cutters roll to slice. In art and design lessons, craft knives and box cutters are very sharp and only used with an adult; always cut away from your body on a cutting mat. In maths, shape cutters help make shapes for symmetry and fractions. Phrases: «cookie cutter» (also means all the same, not original), «wire cutters», «box cutter», «pizza cutter».

Examples

• We used a star-shaped cutter for the biscuits. tree →
• Dad cut the wire with wire cutters. tree →
• Only use the craft cutter with a teacher. tree →
• Roll the pizza cutter across the pizza. tree →
• The coast guard cutter sped across the bay. tree →
• The cutter at the stone yard shaped the stone. tree →
• The houses all looked cookie-cutter, exactly the same. tree →
• Cut away from your fingers when using a cutter. tree →
• Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter. tree →

Note

Countable: «a cutter, cutters»; «wire cutters» is used in the plural like «scissors». Double t: «cutter» (cut + t + er). Box cutters and craft knives are dangerous; they are not toys.