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noun Jewelry.

a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.

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Also called trap cut.

Origin of step cut

First recorded in 1860–65

OTHER WORDS FROM step cut

step-cut, adjective

Words nearby step cut

stepbrother, step by step, stepchair, step change, stepchild, step cut, stepdame, stepdance, stepdaughter, step-down, stepfamily

How to use step cut in a sentence

In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
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But Brooke was out of step with the New Left and its notion of radical chic.
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My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.
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Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’|Jennie Yabroff|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin