cutoff

cutoff is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
2. noun. The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.
3. noun. Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.
4. noun. a device that terminates the flow in a pipe
5. noun. a route shorter than the usual one

   Synonyms: crosscut, shortcut

6. noun. a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

Synonyms

crosscut, shortcut

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cutoff:

offcut

Common word forms

cutoffs

Words from these letters

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