bolt cutter

noun

A metal tool, resembling a large pair of pliers, used to cut or sheer bolts.

Meanings

nounbolt cutter (plural bolt cutters)

plural bolt cutters

  1. A metal tool, resembling a large pair of pliers, used to cut or sheer bolts.

    Synonyms: bolt cropper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA metal tool, resembling a large pair of pliers, used to cut or sheer bolts.

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Translations

Catalan tallaperns
  • tallapernslarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Chinese Mandarin 斷線鉗 /断线钳
  • 斷線鉗 /断线钳 (duànxiànqián)large pair of pliers to cut bolts
Dutch betonschaar
  • betonschaarlarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Esperanto bolttranĉilo
  • bolttranĉilolarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Finnish voimaleikkuri, pulttisakset
  • voimaleikkurilarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
  • pulttisaksetlarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
French coupe-boulons, pince-monseigneur
  • coupe-boulonslarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
  • pince-monseigneurlarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
German Bolzenschneider
  • Bolzenschneiderlarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Italian tagliabulloni
  • tagliabullonilarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Japanese ボルトカッタ
  • ボルトカッタ (borutokatta)large pair of pliers to cut bolts
Persian قیچی آهنبر
  • قیچی آهنبر (qeyči-e âhan-bor)large pair of pliers to cut bolts
Polish obcinak do śrub
  • obcinak do śrublarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Portuguese cisalha
  • cisalhalarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Russian болторе́з
  • болторе́з (boltoréz)large pair of pliers to cut bolts
Spanish cizalla, cortapernos
  • cizallalarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
  • cortapernoslarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
  • napoleónlarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Swedish bultsax
  • bultsaxlarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Turkish cıvata kesici, demir makası
  • cıvata kesicilarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
  • demir makasılarge pair of pliers to cut bolts
Cite this entry
APA

bolt cutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolt%20cutter

MLA

“bolt cutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolt%20cutter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolt cutter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolt%20cutter.

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