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cutaway

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtəweɪ/
Definition of cutaway

noun

[often as modifier]
  • 1a coat or jacket with the front cut away below the waist: a cutaway coat
  • 2a diagram or drawing with some external parts left out to reveal the interior: a cutaway diagram of the magnetosphere
  • 3a shot or scene in a film which is of a different subject from those to which it is joined in editing: a quick cutaway to the forest and back

cutaway in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cutaway in the US English dictionary
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