ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Serration

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Serration is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state of being serrated.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state of being serrated.

More Meanings

  1. (countable) A set of teeth or notches.
  2. (countable) One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge.

Example Sentences

On reaching the outer reef I was startled at the sight of the gigantic combers roaring along the serrations and knife-edges of coral, but Benny was not in the least alarmed.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include splines, jaggedness, sharpness, rugosity, serriedness, scaliness.

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