cut·off

also cut-off (kŭt′ôf′, -ŏf′)

1. A designated limit or point of termination.

2. A shortcut or bypass.

3. A new channel cut by a river across the neck of an oxbow.

4. The act or an instance of cutting off: a cutoff of funds; an electricity cutoff.

5. Baseball The interception by an infielder of a throw to home plate from the outfield.

6. A device that cuts off a flow of fluid.

7. Music A conductor's signal indicating a stop or break in playing or singing.

8. cutoffs Pants, such as blue jeans, made into shorts by cutting off part of the legs.

adj.

1. Designating a limit or point of termination: a cutoff date for applications.

2. Baseball Serving to intercept or relay a throw to home plate from the outfield: the cutoff man.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cut-off

The deliberate shutting off of a reaction engine.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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cut-off

noun

The act of stopping:

cessation, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease.

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