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cut-off (iou)



cut-off noun & adjective. M17.
[from cut off (pa. pple & inf.): see CUT verb.]
A. noun.
A portion or quantity cut off. M17.
Scientific American Cutoffs discarded during the manufacture of new cotton goods.
b. An oxbow lake. L19.
An artificial channel cut to shorten the course of a river or to join two bodies of water. L18.
A shorter section of a river where it has cut across the neck of a bend; US a bayou. E19.
A land route which serves as a short cut. E19.
(A device for producing) an interruption or cessation of flow; an instance of being cut off or cut short. M19.
fig.: G. B. Shaw His death..seems to me a complete cut-off.
b. Electricity. A sudden drop in amplification or responsiveness at a certain frequency. M20.
In pl. Shorts, esp. ones made by cutting short a pair of jeans. Chiefly N. Amer. L20.
b. adjective.
That is cut off; spec. isolated; remote. E19.
J. F. Fixx Cut-off jeans.
That cuts off; that stops a flow. M19.
That constitutes a limit. E20.
R. Quirk We take this level as our cut-off point in choosing samples of English for inclusion.
cut-'offness noun E20.