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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Cutting instruments and tools.
  2. n. Utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons used as tableware.
  3. n. The occupation of a cutler.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The business of a cutler.
  2. n. Edged or cutting instruments collectively.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons.
  2. n. The business of a cutler.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The business of a cutler.
  2. n. Edged or cutting instruments, collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
  3. n. eating utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
  2. n. tableware implements for cutting and eating food

Etymologies

  1. From Old French coutelerie (modern: coutellerie). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English cutellerie, from Old French coutelerie, from coutel, knife; see cutlass. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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