- (also press cutting)(both British English)(also clipping, press clipping North American English, British English)an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep
- newspaper/press cuttings
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsc1- She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder.
- a cutting from ‘The Guardian’
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- newspaper
- press
- cutting from
- a piece cut off a plant that will be used to grow a new plant
- Take geranium cuttings in late summer.
Extra ExamplesTopics Plants and treesc1- After about four weeks you will be able to see whether the cuttings have taken.
- Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring.
- These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings.
- You can see whether the cuttings have taken.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- leaf
- root
- stem
- …
- take
- root
- take
- from a/the cutting
- cutting from
- (British English) a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canalTopics Transport by bus and trainc2 see also cost-cutting
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