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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cut•a•way (kut′ə wā′),USA pronunciation n. - ClothingAlso called cut′away coat′. a man's formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back.
- Show Business[Motion Pictures, Television.]
- a switch from one scene to another for showing simultaneous or related action, creating suspense, etc.
- Also called cut′away shot′. a shot that abruptly introduces content, scenery, etc., away from the central action.
- an illustration or scale model having the outer section removed to display the interior.
adj. - having a part cut away, as an outer section of something being illustrated so that the inside may be shown.
- adjective, adjectival, noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase cut away 1835–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cutaway /ˈkʌtəˌweɪ/ n - a man's coat cut diagonally from the front waist to the back of the knees
- a drawing or model of a machine, engine, etc, in which part of the casing is omitted to reveal the workings
- (as modifier): a cutaway model
- a shot separate from the main action of a scene, to emphasize something or to show simultaneous events
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