cutaway
A men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasionsA men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasions.
» Please stop finding horrifying implications in my cutaway jokes.
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5 sensesA men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasions.
Cutaway
a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees
A diagram or model having outer layers removed so as to show the interior.
A brief shot that temporarily takes the viewer away from the principal action, especially to show a reaction, illustration etc.; an instance of moving to such a shot.
An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.
A guitar having a cutaway.
Examples
2 sentencesPlease stop finding horrifying implications in my cutaway jokes.
This artist rendering shows a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
Translations
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Origin
Deverbal from cut away.Deverbal from cut away.
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Forms
plural: cutawaysSynonyms
2 synonyms- a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts:cutaway drawingcutaway model
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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