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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut, cutoff, crosscut]
3: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1741 1. the act or action of cutting off 2. a. the new and relatively short channel formed when a stream cuts through the neck of an oxbow b. shortcut 1 c. a channel made to straighten a stream 3. a device for cutting off 4. a. something cut off b. plural shorts originally made from jeans with the legs cut off at the knees or higher 5. the point, date, or period for a cutoff • cutoff adjective

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Moby Thesaurus

air line, arrest, beeline, bell, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling, check, checkmate, circumscription, compass, confine, cut, cutoff point, dead stop, deadline, deadlock, delimitation, determinant, division line, end, endgame, ending, extremity, final whistle, finish, floor, frontier, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, hedge, high-water mark, interface, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, lockout, low-water mark, lower limit, march, mark, mete, shortcut, shortest way, sit-down strike, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill, start, starting line, starting point, stay, stop, stoppage, strike, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit, walkout, work stoppage