Serrated
[sə'retɪd]
Definition
(a.) Notched on the edge, like a saw.
(a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).
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Examples
- Three were the oval Mill bomb type, serrated, heavy iron with a spring level held down in position by a cotter pin with pulling rig attached. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the serrated type will lash easier and more securely. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The rim of his ear all around came to a sharp edge and was serrated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was an endless steel belt serrated on one edge, mounted on pulleys, and driven continuously by the power of steam through the hardest and the heaviest work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The edges of the lower mandible are serrated with teeth much more prominent, coarser and sharper than in the duck. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This took him weeks of experimenting, but at last he found that a serrated edge of a certain pattern would produce the effect he wanted. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The priming pan is fitted with a sliding cover, and a vertical wheel with a serrated edge projects into it, nearly in contact with the powder in the pan. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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