pipe cutter
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- noun
- /ˈpaɪp ˈkʌtər/
- Specialized
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- We already had the conduit, electrical tape, pipe connector, and pipe cutter, so the whole sunroom project just cost me the price of the drapery rings and finials.
Examples
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To cut conduit to size, you'll need a pipe cutter.
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Super Tuff brand pipe cutters are designed for cutting plastic pipe and tubing.
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The pipe cutter made a very smooth cut.
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Now just attach your pipe cutter and follow the directions on the back.
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It was $6, and worked about as well as you'd expect a $6 pipe cutter to work.
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Also, most home improvement stores will cut an item down for you if you ask, so if you go in knowing exactly how long you want it, you wouldn't even need to buy a pipe cutter!
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I was recently attacked by a PVC pipe cutter that got a little feisty on me while I was making some cutesy photobooth props!
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Unfortunately, I'd traveled the 20 miles to Elrod's house and forgot my pipe cutter and didn't think to bring my Sawzall, which would have made short work of those water pipes.
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The company also manufactures manholes, porous pipe, pipe cutters, locking caps, bentonite, centralizers, and carbon.
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The plumber used a pipe cutter to make precise cuts in the copper piping.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'pipe cutter' is directly compositional: it combines 'pipe' (a tubular conduit) with 'cutter' (a tool for cutting), so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a tool for cutting pipes. This type of noun compounding is a common and transparent pattern cross-linguistically, making the phrase readily understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
Pipe cutter comes from a simple picture: a small hand tool with a sharp wheel that you tighten and turn around a pipe so the cutter makes a neat, clean edge. That's why it means 'a hand tool for cutting pipes'.