Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A series or set of teeth or notches.
- noun A single tooth or notch in a serrate edge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being serrate; a serrated condition; formation in the shape of the edge of a saw.
- noun In zoöl., anat., and botany:
- noun A serra; a formation like a saw in respect of its teeth; a set or series of saw-like teeth. See cuts under
Priacanthus and serratirostral. - noun One of a set of serrate or dentate processes: as, one of the nine serrations of the serratus magnus muscle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.
- noun One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state of being
serrated - noun countable A set of
teeth ornotches - noun countable One of the teeth in a serrated or
serrate edge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a single notch in a row of notches
- noun a row of notches
- noun the condition of being serrated
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Examples
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I cannot tell why so called -- its small and rounded leaves having nothing like oak leaves about them, except the serration, which is common to half, at least, of all leaves that grow.
Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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To be sure, outrage comes in many forms, flavors and degrees of serration.
Mark Morford: I Am Outraged! Are You Not Outraged? Mark Morford 2010
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To be sure, outrage comes in many forms, flavors and degrees of serration.
Mark Morford: I Am Outraged! Are You Not Outraged? Mark Morford 2010
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To be sure, outrage comes in many forms, flavors and degrees of serration.
Mark Morford: I Am Outraged! Are You Not Outraged? Mark Morford 2010
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They have black handles and thin pointy tips with an inch of serration starting just below the tips.
Heaven’s Fury Stephen Frey 2010
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Anne Bremner, it could be a particular serration on a knife.
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The light from the East and the bright serration of new snow on the mountain ranges surrounding us seem to bind a vast country together.
A Novelist Takes Aim Thomas McGuane 2009
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Even knives whose power of serration will scarcely trouble poached salmon.
The law is an ass, No. 93 Stephen Tall 2007
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Even knives whose power of serration will scarcely trouble poached salmon.
Archive 2007-08-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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The liberals enforce serration by denying access to private elite schools by others than those they deem less worthy.
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