1 (also press cutting) (both BrE) (also clipping, press clipping AmE, BrE) an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep:
newspaper / press cuttings
2 a piece cut off a plant that will be used to grow a new plant:
Take geranium cuttings in late summer. * stem / leaf cuttings
3 (BrE) a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canal
adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 unkind and likely to hurt sb's feelings:
a cutting remark
2 (of winds) cold in a sharp and unpleasant way
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