Thesaurus / cuttings
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synonyms for cuttings
- chunk
- fragment
- grain
- hunk
- lump
- morsel
- shred
- sliver
- snippet
- speck
- atom
- bite
- butt
- chip
- crumb
- cutting
- discard
- end
- glob
- gob
- iota
- jot
- junk
- leaving
- leftover
- mite
- modicum
- mouthful
- part
- particle
- piece
- portion
- remains
- slice
- snatch
- stump
- trace
- waste
- bits and pieces
- castoff
- odds and ends
- orts
- smithereen
- hunk
- ingot
- lump
- piece
- plate
- rod
- slice
- stone
- strip
- wedge
- bar
- billet
- bit
- board
- boulder
- chip
- cut
- cutting
- muck
- portion
- stave
- stick
- etching
- illustration
- inscription
- lithograph
- woodcut
- blocking
- chasing
- cutting
- impression
- inscribing
- intaglio
- mezzotint
- photoengraving
- photogravure
- rotogravure
- scratch
- dry point
- enchasing
- dig
- mining
- removal
- burrow
- cavity
- cut
- cutting
- ditch
- dugout
- hole
- hollow
- mine
- pit
- quarry
- shaft
- trench
- trough
- blasting
- scooping
- unearthing
- excerpt
- juice
- quotation
- abstract
- citation
- clipping
- concentrate
- cutting
- decoction
- distillate
- distillation
- elicitation
- essence
- infusion
- passage
- selection
- trench
- canal
- corrugation
- crease
- crimp
- cut
- cutting
- depression
- ditch
- flute
- fluting
- furrow
- gouge
- gutter
- hollow
- incision
- notch
- pucker
- rabbet
- rut
- scallop
- score
- scratch
- slit
- valley
- shortening
- summary
- abbreviation
- abstract
- brief
- compendium
- condensation
- conspectus
- contraction
- curtailment
- decrease
- digest
- diminution
- lessening
- outline
- précis
- precis
- reducing
- reduction
- synopsis
- diminishment
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How to use cuttings in a sentence
The veins are mostly, especially in the lower cuttings, more free from impurities than those of Coleraine.
ASBESTOSROBERT H. JONESThe Seaboard will sue the new railroad for damages for failure to have the tracks into the cuttings on time.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDThe perennials are propagated by dividing the roots or by young cuttings in spring, or by seeds.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 2VARIOUSMake the sauce from the bones and cuttings of the birds, add six spoonfuls of Espagnole sauce and a glass of Marsala.
DRESSED GAME AND POULTRY LA MODEHARRIET A. DE SALISThe wastes are also utilized, being mixed with "shoddy" (wool from cloth cuttings or rags) to make woolen goods of a cheap grade.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTERIt is well known that the gardener may make artificial cuttings of many kinds of trees and plants, and so increase his stock.
PRAIRIE SMOKE (SECOND EDITION, REVISED)MELVIN RANDOLPH GILMOREThis method of propagation is by the making of cuttings or planting slips from its own twigs.
PRAIRIE SMOKE (SECOND EDITION, REVISED)MELVIN RANDOLPH GILMOREFrom this he extracted two or three newspaper cuttings and selected one, headed "German Official."
TAM O' THE SCOOTSEDGAR WALLACENot a shred was he likely to save up from the cuttings for an extra garment for a rainy day to come.
CHOICE READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLEANONYMOUSTarling undid the ribbon, opened the package and found to his surprise a small pad of newspaper cuttings.
THE DAFFODIL MYSTERYEDGAR WALLACE