1. piece cut off from a plant

ADJECTIVE

leaf, root, stem

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VERB + cutting

take

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cutting + VERB

root, take
You can see whether the cuttings have taken.

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PREPOSITION

from a/the cutting
These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings.

cutting from
Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring.

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2. (BrE) piece cut out from a newspaper

→ See also clipping

ADJECTIVE

newspaper, press
She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder.

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PREPOSITION

cutting from
a cutting from ‘The Guardian’

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Cutting is used with these nouns:
board, edge, remark, tool

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