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💸 To sell cheaper 🪚 To cut underneath 🪓 To notch a tree 🎾 To give backspin ✂️ A lower cut 🌳 A tree notch ⛏️ Removed material 💇 A short hairstyle 🥩 A tender meat 🏓 A spin shot
undercut

undercut

7.4
A notch cut into a tree trunk to make it fall the right way
  • noun
  • /ˈʌndərˌkʌt/
  • Specialized
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  • An undercut is essential for felling a tree correctly.

Examples

  • The lumberjack made an undercut to ensure the tree fell safely.

  • The forester made an undercut in the tree to ensure it would fall in the right direction.

  • A proper undercut ensures the tree falls safely in the intended direction.

  • Before felling the oak, they checked the depth and angle of the undercut.

  • The lumberjack carefully made an undercut before finishing the back cut on the old pine tree.

  • Before felling the oak, the lumberjack created an undercut to control its fall.

  • The undercut on the trunk helped guide the tree safely to the ground during the harvest.

Antonyms

to reinforce
99 3.9

Make something stronger by adding support or extra parts

How Deep

gash
30 3.9
undercut
  • Specialized
7.4
notch
85 3.9

Surface Forms

undercut singular
undercuts plural

Morphology

undercut = cut (transparent) = under + cut

The forestry sense denotes a specific cut made beneath the intended hinge and is a direct 'under' + 'cut' composition.

Etymology

Undercut comes from under 'below' and cut 'to cut'. For trees it means the notch cut on the lower side of the trunk to guide the fall. So an undercut in felling is the guiding cut made below the tree.