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gem cutter

gem cutter is the alternative form of gemcutter.

Meaning of gemcutter

Noun

gemcutter (plural gemcutters)

  1. A lapidarist who cuts gems, usually precious or semiprecious, to make them suitable in size, shape, color and appearance, usually for use in jewellery such as rings or earrings.
    • He's a typical gemcutter, mostly diamonds but some emeralds and the occasional sapphire or ruby.
  2. (obsolete) A lapidarist who creates hardstone carvings or miniature sculpture from gemstones such as jade.

Forms of gem cutter

pluralgem cutters

Questions about gem cutter

What is gem cutter the alternative form of?
Gem cutter is the alternative form of gemcutter.

Words near gem cutter in the dictionary

  1. gelées
  2. gem
  3. gem clip
  4. gem clips
  5. Gem County
  6. gem cutter
  7. gem cutters
  8. gem squash
  9. gem squashes
  10. Gem State
  11. Gem Stater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gem cutter (page history and authors); gemcutter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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