meat cutter
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- noun
- /miːt ˈkʌtər/
- US
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carnicero
- Occupations include butchers and meat cutters, poultry and fish trimmers, and operators and tenders of roasting, baking, and drying machinery.
Examples
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He's a meat cutter.
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No high-handed hacking here; meat cutters are usually trained to make clean, concise cuts.
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Now, granted, I don't recall whether Jonesy was a butcher or a meat cutter, but I still figure she'd be more dangerous with a chef's knife than a cleaver.
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As a meat cutter, my job is to prepare fresh cuts of beef for the customers.
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The experienced meat cutter trimmed the fat off the pork chops before packaging them.
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Every day, the meat cutter carefully sliced various meats to ensure quality for the store.
Synonyms
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A person who cuts and sells meat
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A young person who works in a meat shop and helps cut and wrap meat
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A man who sells meat in a shop or at a market
A person who cuts and sells pork like bacon and sausages
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense is directly built from 'meat' (the object) + 'cutter' (one who or that which cuts), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to someone or something that cuts meat. Although 'cutter' can also denote a tool, the basic compositional meaning 'person who cuts meat' is predictable and cross-linguistically common, making it understandable at B1.
Etymology
Meat cutter joins meat and cutter to name a person whose job is to cut and prepare meat. Imagine someone at a counter trimming fat and slicing pieces for sale, so the phrase means a worker who cuts meat.