noun
Meaning 1
A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a dress with cut-out sides
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cut-out
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌt.aʊt/
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General-American: /ˈkʌt.aʊt/
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General-American: /ˈkʌɾ-/
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rhymes with -ʌtaʊt
noun
Meaning 2
A piece cut out of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A piece cut out of something.
A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), often displayed for promotional purposes; a standee.
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noun
Meaning 4
A piece cut out of something.
A kind of cookie produced in a certain shape by use of a cookie cutter.
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noun
Meaning 5
An item of clothing, such as a dress or shoe, designed with portions cut away.
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noun
Meaning 6
A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
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noun
Meaning 7
A piece of clip art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 9
A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telegraphy
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noun
Meaning 10
A railway cutting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 11
The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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History
Etymology
Deverbal from cut out.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: découpe — space or hole produced by cutting
- Norwegian Bokmål: utskjæring — space or hole produced by cutting
- Norwegian Bokmål: utskåret — space or hole produced by cutting
- Polish: wycięcie — space or hole produced by cutting
- Spanish: recorte — space or hole produced by cutting
- Swedish: utskärning — space or hole produced by cutting
- Bulgarian: изрезка (izrezka) — piece removed by cutting
- Bulgarian: контур (kontur) — piece removed by cutting
- French: découpage — piece removed by cutting
- French: découpe — piece removed by cutting
- Galician: recorte — piece removed by cutting
- Portuguese: recorte — piece removed by cutting
- Russian: вы́рез (výrez) — piece removed by cutting
- Russian: вы́резка (výrezka) — piece removed by cutting
- Russian: ко́нтур (kóntur) — piece removed by cutting
- Bulgarian: бушон (bušon) — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- Bulgarian: прекъсвач (prekǎsvač) — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- Chinese Mandarin: 斷流器 /断流器 (duànliúqì) — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- German: Öffner — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- German: Unterbrecher — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- German: Abschaltvorrichtung — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- German: Sicherungsautomat — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- Russian: руби́льник (rubílʹnik) — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current
- Russian: выключа́тель (vyključátelʹ) — аny of several devices that halts the flow of a current