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haircutter

haircutter

1 2.7
A small machine like electric clippers that cuts hair
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛrˌkʌtər/
: cortapelos
  • 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
166 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
30 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
8 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
1 2.7
trimmer
8 3.0
razor
174 1.0
scissors
166 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.