Cutoff Word Meaning

a point or level which is a designated limit of something

limit

• 2,500 g is the standard cut-off below which infants are categorized as ‘low birthweight’
• the cut-off date to register is July 2

an act of stopping or interrupting the supply of something

stopping of supply

• a cut-off of aid would be a disaster

shorts made by cutting off the legs of a pair of jeans or other trousers and leaving the edges unhemmed

cut-off trousers

• she was wearing frayed cut-offs

a short cut.

short cut