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• paper cutter
  paper cutter

  noun

  any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.
• paper-cutter
  paper-cutter

  noun

  a machine for cutting paper, usually a blade mounted over a table on which paper can be aligned

paper cutter

American  

noun

1. any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.

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paper-cutter British  

noun

1. a machine for cutting paper, usually a blade mounted over a table on which paper can be aligned

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Other Word Forms

• paper-cutting adjective

Etymology

Origin of paper cutter

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Using a 19th-century guillotine-style paper cutter, Wagner cut thousands of pieces of paper in 10 different sizes, all rectangles in the same proportions that Powers favors.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022

Wildes headed to a paper cutter at the other end of Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in St. Paul and began slicing his picture into 1-inch strips.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2018

“It must have been OK. We still have the paper cutter, and it still works,” Berner said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2014

Reston’s Molly O’Boyle is particularly fond of the sound of a tabletop paper cutter doing its job.

From Washington Post

A man in a down jacket is using the paper cutter near the door, trimming a stack of pale blue cards.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead