cutting room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cutting room
1830–40, for earlier sense
Example Sentences
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This is a film about what really goes on behind the scenes, what happens in the footage of pop star documentaries that’s left on the cutting room floor.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025
Some of the chicken had been bought in as halal meat, but correct hygiene procedures had not been followed in the "cutting room" of the warehouse.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
It was a sister chair of one I would settle into in my father’s cutting room on the mornings I drove into work with him to the studio.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
Those answers didn’t seem to be what this group is looking for because they’re on the cutting room floor.
From Slate • May 11, 2024
But her answer ended up on the cutting room floor.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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