1. pieces cut from a plant for propagation or planting
Usage: gardening
2. articles or pictures cut from newspapers or magazines
3. material removed by cutting or excavating
Usage: construction; engineering

Examples

• She took rose cuttings from her neighbor’s garden.
• The gardener planted the cuttings in small pots.
• He kept newspaper cuttings of all the reviews.
• Her scrapbook was full of magazine cuttings.
• The railway cuttings created a path through the hillside.
• Workers removed the soil cuttings from the construction site.