paper cutter

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.

paper-cutter

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• paper-cutting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of paper cutter¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The movie makes creative enough use of circular saws and paper cutters to suffice and sustain audience interest.

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You too can create your own gift wrapping station with paper rolls housed on a horizontal paper cutter.

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Whether it is when she begins monologuing or while wielding a guillotine paper cutter as a weapon, the film keeps finding new ways to tease out the most fun it can from its premise.

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All of the necessary equipment was at hand: “a guillotine-style paper cutter, a heavy mallet, cotton, bandages, alcohol and a small bottle.”

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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.

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