ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Indented

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪnˈdɛntɪd/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Indented is an adjective meaning Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

Meaning

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

More Meanings

  1. Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.
  2. (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
  3. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
  4. (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.
  5. simple past and past participle of indent

Example Sentences

an indented servant
a heavily indented coastline
an indented border or ordinary
Seeing Orlando, it [the snake] unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush; […]

Synonyms for indented

Depending on context, synonyms include erose, serrated, dentate, dented, dentilated, gimped.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crenelate, crenellated, crenelated, crenellate, concave, embattled.

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