cutoff

Examples

• All

• Take the canal cutoff and we'll be there in 5 minutes.

  The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)

• I want you to stay on Highway 138 North and take the Bolton Dam cutoff.

  Never Too Young to Die (1986)

• We're westbound near the Lerner cutoff.

  Con Air (1997)

• I drive up the west bank of the Okanogan, then take the Monse cutoff to Brewster Flat, where I find Bob Brody, owner of the King Blossom.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Let's see, it's the Hollywood Freeway north to the Ventura Freeway west, through the Calabasas cutoff, to the San Diego Freeway south, to the Santa Monica Freeway east, and there you are.

  Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

• If you take the scenic cutoff, you can enjoy the beautiful views along the way.

• The GPS suggested a cutoff that avoided the traffic jam on the main road.

Synonyms

S

shortcut

vscutoff

122 1.6

A quicker way to get somewhere to save time

is any alternative route that shortens the usual way without stressing choice

T

turnoff

vscutoff

11 2.4

A smaller road that goes off a main road

functions as a shorter alternative only when it provides a shorter route

S

side road

vscutoff

7 1.7

A small road that turns off a main road

serves as a shorter alternative only when it actually shortens the trip

C

crosscut

vscutoff

2 4.9

A short path that goes across an area to save time

is a shorter alternative route that need not run diagonally

C

cut-through

vscutoff

1 4.9

A short route through a neighborhood that saves time by avoiding busy roads

is a shorter alternative route more generally, not only to avoid congestion

Compounds

C

cutoff saw

• Specialized

7.1

A saw used to cut wood across the grain at right angles

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology