cutoff

Pluralcutoffs

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The point where something ends, or the limit it cannot go past.

   The cutoff for signing up is Friday at noon.

   My little brother can't join the team because he is over the age cutoff.

   Similardeadline, limit, threshold

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2. 2
   adjective

   Marking the limit or the end of something.

   The cutoff date for the school trip is next Monday.

   We missed the cutoff time by five minutes.

3. 3
   nounplural

   Shorts made by cutting off the legs of long pants.

   It was so hot that he wore a pair of cutoffs all day.

   My brother made cutoffs from his old jeans.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A stop in the flow of something, or in something that is going on.

   A sudden cutoff in money ended the after-school program.

   The water cutoff lasted two days after the main pipe broke.

   Similarstoppage, interruption, halt, suspension

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A set number that marks where one group ends and the next begins in a test or measurement.

   The test has a cutoff of ten points, so a score of eleven counts as high.

   The researchers chose a lower cutoff so the study would find more cases.

   Similarthreshold

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A road, path, or waterway that is a shorter or faster way to go.

   We took the cutoff through the woods and got home early.

   The old cutoff saves ten minutes if the gate is open.

   Similarshortcut

7. 7
   nouncountable

   A shirt with no sleeves, often a T-shirt with the sleeves cut off.

   He wore a gray cutoff to the gym so his arms could stay cool.

   All her old band shirts became cutoffs once summer came.

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   A part or tool that stops a current from flowing.

   The kettle has a cutoff that turns it off when the water boils.

   A cutoff stopped the power before the wires could get too hot.

   Similarshutoff

9. 9
   adjective

   Describing the score that shows whether someone has an illness or condition.

   Anyone above the cutoff score was sent to see a doctor.

   The nurse checked whether his result was over the cutoff level.

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    In poker, the player whose turn comes just before the player on the button in the first round of betting.

    The cutoff looked at his cards and raised with a pair of jacks.

    Everyone folded to the cutoff, who pushed in a big stack of chips.

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11. 11
    nouncountable

    A part of a steam engine that saves steam by controlling how it goes into the cylinder.

    The engineer moved the cutoff so the engine would use less steam.

    A good cutoff helped the old train go farther on the same load of coal.

12. 12
    nouncountable

    A line printed across a page to keep one part apart from the next.

    A thin cutoff ran under the headline to set it apart from the next story.

    The editor put cutoffs between the short news items.

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