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Definition: Cutout |
CutoutNoun1. A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cutout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | The space left by a run-around. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The hole, usually round or rectangular, cut into a metal panel in order to mount a connector. It may also include holes for mounting screws or bolts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Opening made in a mine working in which a drill or other equipment may be placed so as not to interfere with other mining operations b. The act or process of removing diamonds from a used or dull bit by dissolving the crown metal by corrosive action of an acid or electrolytic dissolution. Also, the diamonds recovered or salvaged by such means c. A mass of shale, siltstone, or sandstone filling an erosional channel cut into a coal seam. CF:low; roll; washout. Syn:horseback; wan. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Cutout |
| Specialty definitions using "cutout": BONDED STRUCTURES REPAIRER, bonder, rework and repair ♦ CUTTER, ALUMINUM SHEET ♦ DOMMERER ♦ ELECTRIC-SIGN ASSEMBLER ♦ FISHING-LURE ASSEMBLER, FRAME REPAIRER ♦ HOT-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ inspector and patch worker, INSTALLER, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL ♦ parts inspector, PLUGGING-MACHINE OPERATOR, putty-and-patch worker ♦ STOCK-PARTS INSPECTOR ♦ TIRE REPAIRER, to stencil ♦ UTILITY-TRACTOR OPERATOR. (references) |
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Consumer Goods |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Oslo, Norway. Panels consisting of photographs combined with cutout figures at the Vi-Kan (we can) exposition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Crime Scene" by Nate Nolting Commentary: "Stencil on sidewalk of human cutout in Montreal." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Cutout" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Cutout" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.24% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cutout": cutout relay. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "cutout": cardboard-cutout. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cutout name | 140 | bra cutout | 2 |
exhaust cutout | 21 | cookie cutout recipe | 2 |
cutout electric exhaust | 16 | cutout psp tutorial | 2 |
cardboard cutout | 13 | lifesize cardboard cutout | 2 |
cutout | 9 | lifesize cutout | 2 |
electric cutout | 7 | cutout doll paper | 2 |
cutout fuse | 6 | cutout decorative shutter vinyl | 2 |
cutout names10 | 4 | cutout john wayne | 2 |
cutout photo | 4 | cutout picture | 2 |
cutout electronic exhaust | 4 | cardboard cutout john wayne | 2 |
cutout star | 3 | cookie cutout | 2 |
cutout metal | 3 | cutout pattern wood | 2 |
cutout letter | 3 | cutout fish | 2 |
cutout tool | 3 | cutout shape star | 2 |
cake cutout | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cutout"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | çelës automatik. (various references) | |
Arabic | إنقطاع (abruption, caesura, cease, discontinuity, intermission, letup, severance, stopping). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | силует (figuration, form, line, silhouette, skyline), очертание (adumbration, conformation, contour, delineation, form, line, lineament, outline, shape, silhouette), профил (contour, cross section, profile, section, shape, side, side face, side view, silhouette), предпазител (fender, pawl, protector, safeguard, safety fuse), изключвател (cutoff, interrupter). (various references) | |
Chinese | 保险开关. (various references) | |
Czech | automatický vypínaè. (various references) | |
Danish | udstandsning, udskæring (excision, slot), udklip, indskudsark (inset, inset advertisement, off-cut), fritskrabning. (various references) | |
Dutch | uitsparing (economy, saving), uitgestanst teken, insteekblad (inset, off-cut). (various references) | |
Farsi | کندن (Dig, Gouge, Gully, Mine, Peel, Pick, Pluck, Pug, Pull, Rend, Scoop, Trench), قطع جریان (Cutoff), سویچ قطع برق وغیره , جداکردن دراثربریدن , برش دادن (Radius, Rift, Section). (various references) | |
Finnish | leikkaus (carving, cut, cutting, editing, incision, operation, section), aukko (aperture, blank, breach, break, gap, opening). (various references) | |
French | coupure (cut, cutoff), coupe-circuit (cut-out), carton, disjoncteur (cut-out), détour (curve), découpe (cut out, cut-out, cutting), échancrer. (various references) | |
German | Sicherungsautomat, Abschaltung (abandonment of service, cutoff, deactivation, passivation, shutoff). (various references) | |
Greek | περιδιευθετημένο μέρος, τρήμα (foramen). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kivágott rajz, kivágott minta, kivágott (cut out, cutaway, felled, scalloped). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pemutusan aliran listrik, gambar gunting. (various references) | |
Italian | ritaglio (clipping, cut out, cutting, scrap, shred, snip, snippet), quartino (inset, off-cut), estirpare (exterminate, extirpate, root out, stub, uproot). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 剪除 (cutting off). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せんじょ (cutting off, elf, fairy, nymph). (various references) | |
Korean | 배기판. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utoutcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | corpo (body, bourgeois, brilliant, corps, corpse, diamond, flesh, frame, organism, shape), contorno (contour, dide view, girth, lay, lineament, outline, profile, shape), configuração (build, configuration, conformation, figuration, form, lay, set, shape), perfil (contour, dide view, form, guest-card, outline, profile, shape, skyline), interruptor (chopper switch, contact breaker, disconnector, interrupter, switch), forma definida (shape), forma (build, energy, fashion, fig, guest-card, guise, hardiness, highness, intensity, kilter, main, make, manner, means, mode, mold, mould, posse, scheme, shape, species, stalking-horse, stretcher, way), feitio (character, confection, cut, fabric, fabrication, fit, form, make, shape, temperament), espaçamento da moldura, disjuntor (disconnector, interrupter, switch). (various references) | |
Russian | контур (circuit, contour, keyline, outline, path, sidebar), выключатель (breaker, cut off switch, switch), очертание (configuration, contour, fashion, figure, form, outline, profile, shape, skyline), аппликация (aplique, applique), профиль (contour, cross section, elevation, profile, shape, side view, side-view), прерыватель;контур. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prekidač (breaker, chopper switch, interrupter, plug-switch, switch, switch plug, tumbler). (various references) | |
Spanish | corte (blade, break, circumcision, concision, court, cutting, drop, edge, failure, hack, haircut, incision, kerf, length, Nick, notch, outage, paring, put down, retinue, scarf, section, snick), cartón (board, cardboard, carton, felt paper, paperboard, pasteboard), segregar (divide, segregate, separate), recorte (clipping, cutting, scrap, snip, trim), hueco dejado en la columna impresa, disruptor (circuit breaker). (various references) | |
Swedish | utskuren, utklippsfigur, urklipp (clipping, cutting, scrap), säkring (fuse, lock, plug fuse, safety catch), propp (Bibb, bung, fuse, obturator, plug, spigot, stopper, stopple), pappersdocka (paper doll), monteringshål. (various references) | |
Turkish | kesme devresi, kesilerek biçimlendirilmiş şey, egzost supabı, şalter (circuit breaker, contact breaker, contactor switch, cutoff, shifter, switch). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cutout": cutouts. (additional references) | |
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"Cutout" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cashout, coutour, Cuttitta, dutout. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cutout" (pronounced ku"tou't) |
| 4 | -u" t ou' t | shutout. |
| 3 | -t ou' t | printout. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-o-t-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: tout, tutu. | |
-3 letters: cot, cut, out, tot, tut. | |
-4 letters: to, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-o-t-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: cutouts. | |
+2 letters: outcount. | |
+3 letters: outcaught, outcounts. | |
+4 letters: outcounted, punctuator. | |
+5 letters: countersuit, fluctuation, multicounty, outcounting, punctuation, punctuators. | |
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