Definitions for step-cut

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Step-Cut is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in step-cut (-cepsttu).

Definitions for step-cut

noun

1. a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.

Origin of step-cut

First recorded in 1860-65

Examples for step-cut

The ruby is usually cut in the form of the brilliant, like the diamond, but sometimes the step cut is advantageously employed.

The only remaining type of cutting that is in very general use is the step cut (sometimes known as trap cut).