box cutter

A form of boxcutter — A utility knife.

Meanings

nounbox cutter (plural box cutters)

plural box cutters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of boxcutter.

    “I brought a box cutter from work,” I say to Geraldine, and pull it out of my jacket pocket and slide the plastic clip up to show her the blade—like she doesn’t know what a box cutter is.

    2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 201
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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