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Word entry · 3 letters

cut

Best crossword clue

"Make an incision"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /kʌt/Part of speech adjective, verb, nounSorted ctuStarts with CEnds with T7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To slice, reduce, divide, or make an opening.

Word origin

From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”).

Used in a sentence

  • You must cut this flesh from off his breast.
  • MARA: We are forty against four hundred. // KLINGON: Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.
  • Would you please cut the cake?

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Make an incision3 letters
02Make shorter with scissors3 letters
03Slice with a blade3 letters
04Slice with a knife3 letters
05Trim with scissors3 letters
06Use scissors on3 letters
07Slice3 letters

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