noun
cutter; punching die
Refers to a shaped tool used to cut or punch out shapes from materials such as dough, metal, or paper. Common in baking (cookie cutter) and manufacturing (die cutting).
クッキーを作るときは、星の抜き型を使います。
When making cookies, I use a star-shaped cutter.
この抜き型は金属板を打ち抜くためのものです。
This punching die is for stamping out metal sheets.
型抜き (かたぬき) is the process or act of cutting out shapes, while 抜き型 is the tool itself.
Compound of 抜き (nuki, 'pulling out, extracting', the continuative form of 抜く) and 型 (kata, 'mold, shape, pattern'). Literally 'extracting mold'.