I. cut ‧ ting 1 /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ cut , ↑ cutting , ↑ cutter ; verb : ↑ cut , ↑ undercut ; adjective : ↑ cutting ]
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
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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.
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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
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I read a newspaper story about the crash.
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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.
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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.
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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) .
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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.
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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.
II. cutting 2 BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ cut , ↑ cutting , ↑ cutter ; verb : ↑ cut , ↑ undercut ; adjective : ↑ cutting ]
unkind and intended to upset someone:
a cutting remark