Definitions for cut-and-cover

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cut-and-cover cut-and-cov·er

Spelling: [kuht-n-kuhv-er]

IPA: /ˈkʌt nˈkʌv ər/

Cut-And-Cover is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 954 anagrams from letters in cut-and-cover (--accdenortuv).

Definitions for cut-and-cover

noun

1. a method for digging a tunnel, laying pipe, etc., by cutting a trench, constructing the tunnel or laying the pipe in it, and covering with the excavated material.

Origin of cut-and-cover

First recorded in 1830-40

Examples for cut-and-cover

The cut-and-cover, hurry-scurry methods of doing things, common on some Western farms, will not do in drainage work.