Definition of Cutting implement

1. Noun. A tool used for cutting or slicing.

Specialized synonyms: Bit, Blade, Cutlery, Cutter, Cutting Tool, Paper Cutter
Generic synonyms: Tool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutting Implement

cutthroat
cutthroats
cuttie
cuttier
cutties
cuttiest
cutting
cutting-edge
cutting angle
cutting bait
cutting board
cutting boards
cutting down
cutting edge
cutting forceps
cutting implement (current term)
cutting in
cutting it
cutting needle
cutting off
cutting off one's nose to spite one's face
cutting one's losses
cutting out
cutting room
cutting rooms
cutting someone some slack
cutting teeth
cutting tool
cutting up
cuttingly

Literary usage of Cutting implement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Ferdinand Keller (1878)
"Bronze cutting implement, Moringen, p. 104.—2. Bronze cutting implement, Moringen, p. 104.—3. Bronze cutting implement with stag's horn bundle, Moringen, p. ..."

2. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"It may be described as a cutting implement, with a compound blade attached to a handle of greater or less length, and operating by means of a lever acted ..."

3. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA CHAP. and is really more useful as a scraper than as a true cutting implement. Fig. 187 represents one of the better ..."

4. Answers to questions prescribed by medical state boards by Robert Borneman Ludy (1905)
"A solid does not unite after the passage of a cutting implement. ... A liquid reunites after its separation by a cutting implement. What is a gas? ..."

5. A Manual of Machinery and Millwork by William John Macquorn Rankine (1880)
"The term machine-tool is often applied, not merely to the cutting implement itself, but to the whole machine of which it forms part. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Cutting implement on Dictionary.com!Search for Cutting implement on Thesaurus.com!Search for Cutting implement on Google!Search for Cutting implement on Wikipedia!

Search