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haircutter

haircutter

2.7
A small machine like electric clippers that cuts hair
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛrˌkʌtər/
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  • For a clean look, use an electric haircutter to trim your hair at home.

Examples

  • After watching the tutorial, I decided to buy a haircutter to style my bangs.

  • The barber prefers using a manual haircutter for precise detailing.

  • And then you stick it on there, open it up, take this haircutter, and then you got fresh chips for days.

Synonyms

scissors
vshaircutter
105 1.0

A tool with two blades that cut thin materials like paper

is a powered machine for cutting hair rather than a small hand tool
clipper
vshaircutter
40 2.8

A small tool with blades used to cut hair or nails

is mainly for cutting hair and often electric rather than general use
trimmer
vshaircutter
6 3.0

A tool that cuts and makes edges neat, like wood or hair

is used mainly for hair and often as an electric machine rather than broad use

How Powerful

haircutter
2.7
trimmer
6 3.0
razor
210 1.0
scissors
105 1.0

Surface Forms

haircutter singular
haircutters plural

Morphology

haircutter = hair + cutter (transparent) = hair + cutter

The compound 'hair' + 'cutter' straightforwardly yields 'a device that cuts hair' since 'cutter' can denote tools as well as people.

Etymology

Haircutter can also mean a tool or machine for cutting hair, because the parts hair and cutter show it is a thing that 'cuts'. So a haircutter can be an electric clipper or trimmer used to cut hair.