CUTOUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutout mean? 

• CUTOUT (noun)
  The noun CUTOUT has 3 senses:

1. a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload

2. a photograph from which the background has been cut away

3. a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out

  Familiarity information: CUTOUT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutout" is a kind of...):

electric switch; electrical switch; switch (control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A photograph from which the background has been cut away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutout" is a kind of...):

photographic print; print (a printed picture produced from a photographic negative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutout"):

standee (a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutout" is a kind of...):

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Derivation:

cut out (delete or remove)

cut out (form and create by cutting out)

 Context examples 

Skin on the hand, neck and forehead, visible through cutouts in a mask, appeared brownish yellow, not green, to participants.

(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)