MEANING
A short, broad, usually curved sword with a single cutting edge.
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Words that belong together
- naval cutlass
- draw a cutlass
On the page
The sailor carried a cutlass.
A naval cutlass hung in the display.
The story’s guard drew his cutlass.
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Word forms
- Base
- cutlass
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular cutlass; plural cutlasses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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