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overcutter

overcutter noun: a device used to cut into rock walls from above.

Noun

overcutter (plural overcutters)

  1. A device used to cut into rock walls from above.
    • It is estimated that the capacity of an overcutter is three times that of a chain-breast machine and twice that of a shortwall machine;1917, Coal Mining Catalogs, page 606
    • The top and bottom portions of the machine are exactly alike and it may consequently be turned over and employed as an overcutter as well as an undercutter.1926, Coal Age - Volume 30, page 67

Forms of overcutter

pluralovercutters

Origin of overcutter

From over- + cutter.

Questions about overcutter

What does overcutter mean?
Overcutter means a device used to cut into rock walls from above.
What part of speech is overcutter?
Overcutter is a noun.
What is the plural of overcutter?
The plural of overcutter is overcutters.

Words near overcutter in the dictionary

  1. overcurving
  2. overcut
  3. overcute
  4. overcuteness
  5. overcuts
  6. overcutter
  7. overcutters
  8. overcutting
  9. overcuttings
  10. overcycling
  11. overdaintily

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