cutwater
noun
cutwater is a noun meaning “The forward curve of the stem of a ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-U-T-W-A-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cutwater is cutwaters.
What does cutwater mean?
noun
- 1
The forward curve of the stem of a ship.
- 2
The wedge of a bridge pier, that resists the flow of water and ice.
- 3
A black skimmer; a sea bird of the species Rynchops niger, that flies low over the sea, "cutting" the water surface with its lower mandible to catch small fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cutwater
- cutwaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cutwater?
Cutwater appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cutwater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense edge of a ship's stem:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cutwater come from?
From cut + water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).