🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cortadeira

Pronunciation / Transliteration: koɾtaˈdeiɾɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sheeter/ˈʃiː.tər/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A cortadeira de papel opera em alta velocidade."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A machine used in manufacturing to cut continuous webs or rolls of material, such as paper, plastic, or metal, into specific sheet sizes.

    "The printing plant installed a high-speed sheeter to process the large rolls of paper."
  2. 2

    An industrial worker who operates a sheet-cutting machine.

    "The sheeter adjusted the blade settings to ensure precise dimensions for the order."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English noun 'sheet' combined with the agent suffix '-er', originating in industrial manufacturing contexts during the late 19th century. It developed to designate both the machinery and the operator responsible for cutting rolls of material into flat sheets.

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