"Cutoff" validity in different word game dictionaries
| Dictionary | Validity |
|---|---|
| Scrabble US(US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) | Yes |
| Scrabble UK(International - SOWPODS/CSW) | Yes |
| Words with Friends(WWF) | Yes |
"cutoff" Definition
- an act or instance of cutting off.
- something that cuts off.
- a road, passage, etc., that leaves another, usually providing a shortcut: Let's take the cutoff to Baltimore.
- a new and shorter channel formed in a river by the water cutting across a bend in its course.
- a point, time, or stage serving as the limit beyond which something is no longer effective, applicable, or possible.
- cutoffs,
- shorts made by cutting the legs off a pair of trousers, especially jeans, above the knees and often leaving the cut edges ragged.
- Accounting
- a selected point at which records are considered complete for the purpose of settling accounts, taking inventory, etc.
- Baseball
- an infielder's interception of a ball thrown from the outfield in order to relay it to home plate or keep a base runner from advancing.
- Machinery
- arrest of the steam moving the pistons of an engine, usually occurring before the completion of a stroke.
- Electronics
- (in a vacuum tube) the minimum grid potential preventing an anode current.
- Rocketry
- the termination of propulsion, either by shutting off the propellant flow or by stopping the combustion of the propellant.
- being or constituting the limit or ending: a cutoff date for making changes.
"cutoff" Synonyms & Antonyms
"cutoff" synonyms:
- arrest,
- arrestment,
- cease,
- cessation,
- check,
- close,
- closedown,
- closure,
- conclusion,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- end,
- ending,
- expiration,
- finish,
- halt,
- lapse,
- offset,
- shutdown