Webster's English Dictionary

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cutoff

cut.off \'k*t-.o.f\ n 1: the action or act of cutting off  2a: the new and 
   relatively short channel formed when a stream cuts through  the neck of an 
   oxbow 2b: SHORTCUT  2c: a channel made to straighten a stream  3: a device 
   for cutting off  4: something cut off  5: the point, date, or period for a 
   cutoff  - cutoff aj