cutterhead

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noun

A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or the like.

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Meanings

nouncutterhead (plural cutterheads)

plural cutterheads

  1. A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or the like.

    The cutterhead, weighing 160 tonnes and with a ten-metre diameter, was moved by road in September.

    2022 December 14, Paul Stephen, “Network News: HS2's Dorothy starts to dig second tunnel bore”, in RAIL, number 972, page 22

Origin

From cutter + head.

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APA

cutterhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutterhead

MLA

“cutterhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutterhead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cutterhead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutterhead.

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