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overcutters

overcutters is the plural of overcutter.

Meaning of overcutter

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

Questions about overcutters

What is overcutters the plural of?
Overcutters is the plural of overcutter.

Words near overcutters in the dictionary

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

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