Offcut vs Cutoff - What's the difference?
offcut | cutoff |
To cut off.
*1971 , Arthur Robert Brown, Optimum packing and depletion :
*2004 , Hamady Bocoum, The origins of iron metallurgy in Africa :
Cut off.
Excess; surplus.
*1986 , Plastics and Rubber Institute, Plastics and rubber international :
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
A device that stops the flow of a current.
A cessation in a flow or activity.
(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the preflop in Texas hold 'em.
(chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
As nouns the difference between offcut and cutoff
is that offcut is a piece that has been cut off of a larger piece when not needed; surplus while cutoff is the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.As a verb offcut
is to cut off.As an adjective offcut
is cut off.offcut
English
Verb
- Many stockholders operate in a restricted space and it is thus difficult to allocate much room to offcut storage.
- We may observe a tool mark (slice made in hot metal), showing that the smith tried to offcut a small piece of metal 30 mm long and 6 by 7 mm in section, and it is possible, given its size, that it was intended for producing a nail [...]
Adjective
(en adjective)- The PPITB's Education Service of the Plastics Industry (ESPI) believes that if there is to be sustained use of plastics in schools, there must be some support by industry to give schools access to offcut or surplus material for project [...]