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Dictionary: cut·ter   (kŭt'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that cuts, especially in tailoring.
  2. A device or machine that cuts.
  3. Nautical.
    1. A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with two or more headsails and a mast set somewhat farther aft than that of a sloop.
    2. A ship's boat, powered by a motor or oars and used for transporting stores or passengers.
  4. A small, lightly armed boat used by the Coast Guard.
  5. A small sleigh, usually seating one person and drawn by a single horse.

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[ܒkǝṭǝr]

ˈkǝṭǝr n. 1. a light, fast coastal patrol boat.

2. a ship's boat used for carrying light stores or passengers.

3. a small fore-and-aft-rigged sailing ship with one mast, more than one headsail, and a running bowsprit, used as a fast auxiliary.

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cutter, small, one-masted sailing vessel, with a rig similar to that of a sloop except that it usually has a sliding bowsprit and a topmast. From 1800 to 1830 cutters were in service between England and France. They were also employed to pursue smugglers, their speed and easy handling fitting them admirably for the task. These revenue cutters were so well known that the name was applied to the revenue vessel even after steam had replaced sails, and vessels of the Coast Guard are still called cutters. The name is also used for a heavy rowboat carried on large ships.


(DOD, NATO) 1. In naval mine warfare, a device fitted to a sweep wire to cut or part the moorings of mines or obstructors; it may also be fitted in the mooring of a mine or obstructor to part a sweep. 2. (DOD only) Coast Guard watercraft 65 feet long or larger. See also mine warfare; watercraft.

Translations: Cutter
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilskærer, kutter, slup

Nederlands (Dutch)
coupeur, snijmachine, sloep, kotter, lichte paardenslee

Français (French)
n. - coupeur, tailleur (de diamants), (Cin) monteur, coupoir, lame, couteau, (Naut) canot

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zuschneiderin, Schleifer, Cutter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόπτης, κόφτης, κοπίδι, λάμα, κάμα, (ναυτ.) άκατος, κότερο, (ΗΠΑ) ελαφρό ιππήλατο έλκηθρο

Italiano (Italian)
tagliatore

idioms:

  • diamond cutter    tagliatore di diamanti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cortador (m), cúter (m) (Nav.)

idioms:

  • diamond cutter    lapidário (m)

Русский (Russian)
резак, закройщик

idioms:

  • diamond cutter    огранщик бриллиантов

Español (Spanish)
n. - cortador, cortadora

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skärare, tillskärare, filmklippare, skärmaskin, skärande verktyg, kapsåg, slipare, avbitartång, sl tegel, kutter (sjö.), tullkryssare (am.), liten släde (am.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
切割者, 刀具, 裁剪者, 切割机

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 切割者, 刀具, 裁剪者, 切割機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자르는 것, 자르는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 切る人, フィルム編集者, 切る道具, 切歯, 監視船, 小型馬そり, 中葉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خياط, آله قطع, زورق سريع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סירת-הצלה, חייט, חותך, גזרן, מגזרי-תיל, סירה מהירה‬


 
 
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