cutting

cutting

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cut‧ting¹ /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ noun [countable]1. a stem or leaf that is cut from a plant and put in soil or water to grow into a new plant
2. British English an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine
   SYN  clipping
    press/newspaper cuttings
    Margot sent him some press cuttings about the wedding.
3. British English a passage that has been dug through high ground for a railway, road etc
   SYN  cut American English
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ article a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject: Greg began his career writing articles for the college magazine. | an interesting newspaper article
   ▪ story an article in a newspaper about a recent event, especially one that a lot of people find interesting or exciting: a front-page story | I read a newspaper story about the crash. | The local paper ran a story (=published a story) about the festival.
   ▪ piece a short article in a newspaper or magazine: I’ve written a couple of pieces for the New York Times magazine. | The piece was first published in the Observer.
   ▪ feature a special article about a particular subject, often with photographs and continuing for several pages: They had a special feature on Croatia. | The paper did a big feature on growing your own food.
   ▪ review an article in a newspaper or magazine about a book, play, product, hotel etc, giving someone’s opinion of it: The play had rave reviews (=people liked it a lot - an informal use). | Did you see the review of the new Coldplay album?
   ▪ column an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine: He has a weekly column in the TImes. | She writes a newspaper column on gardening.
   ▪ editorial a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news: Several years ago the New York Times published an editorial stating that the appropriate minimum wage is $0.00.
   ▪ cutting British English an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine: His mother has kept all his old press cuttings.

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cutting² adjectiveunkind and intended to upset someone:
    a cutting remark