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cut-off

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adjective

  1. Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.

noun

  1. The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
  2. A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
  3. A device that stops the flow of a current.
  4. A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).

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