cutaway
/ˈkʌtəˌweɪ/
adjective
- Describes a coat or jacket that is cut away at the front, sloping from the waist.
- The tailor specialized in cutaway formal wear.
- He wore a cutaway coat to the ceremony.
- The vintage shop had a cutaway jacket from the 1920s.
noun
- A type of coat or jacket that is cut away from the front, so that the front edges slope back from the waist, often worn for formal occasions.
- In old movies, gentlemen often appear in cutaways and top hats.
- The groom wore a black cutaway for the wedding.
- He rented a cutaway for the formal dinner party.
- A drawing, model, or diagram that shows the inside of something by removing part of the outer layer.
- The engineer used a cutaway to explain how the engine works.
- The textbook included a cutaway of a volcano showing the magma chamber.
- The museum displayed a cutaway of a human heart.
- In film or video, a brief shot that shows something else, often used to avoid a jump cut or to add information.
- A quick cutaway to the clock helped build suspense.
- The director added a cutaway of the audience reacting to the speech.
- During the interview, they used a cutaway to show the factory floor.
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