Meanings
plural bolt cutters
- 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.
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
bolt cutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolt%20cutter
“bolt cutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolt%20cutter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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