A thin, inexpensive razor-blade knife designed to open cardboard boxes.
Example sentencesExamples
I got my hands on the box cutter and straightened back up.
She wanted to wipe the sweat from her forehead, but would have to let go of her box cutter to do it.
In a world of asymmetrical warfare, where terrorists can wreak havoc with simple sticks of dynamite and box-cutter knives, skeptics question the logic of pouring billions into a high-tech global missile shield.
Educated, well-off young men, with degrees and laptops, imagine that their box-cutters are the equivalent of seventh-century swords.
Passengers are no longer able to bring box-cutters onto their flights.
Peter sighed, and pulled from his pocket a box-cutter.
They were found with box-cutters, hair dye and $20,000 in cash.
Definition of box-cutter in US English:
box-cutter
noun
A thin, inexpensive razor-blade knife designed to open cardboard boxes.
Example sentencesExamples
Educated, well-off young men, with degrees and laptops, imagine that their box-cutters are the equivalent of seventh-century swords.
They were found with box-cutters, hair dye and $20,000 in cash.
She wanted to wipe the sweat from her forehead, but would have to let go of her box cutter to do it.
In a world of asymmetrical warfare, where terrorists can wreak havoc with simple sticks of dynamite and box-cutter knives, skeptics question the logic of pouring billions into a high-tech global missile shield.
Passengers are no longer able to bring box-cutters onto their flights.
I got my hands on the box cutter and straightened back up.
Peter sighed, and pulled from his pocket a box-cutter.