serrated

English

A hunting knife with a serrated back edge

Etymology

Past participle of serrate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈɹeɪtɪd/, /sɪˈɹeɪtɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtɪd

Adjective

serrated (not comparable)

1. Notched or cut like a saw.

   That knife has a serrated blade.

   • 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 11, column 2:

     The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife.

2. Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections.

   Maple leaves have serrated edges.

Synonyms

• (notched): jagged, serrate; see also Thesaurus:notched

Derived terms

• microserrated
• nonserrated
• serratedly
• serratedness
• unserrated

Related terms

• serration

Translations

saw-like

• Armenian: սղոցաձեւ (hy) (sġocʻajew)
• Azerbaijani: dırmıqlı
• Catalan: serrat (ca)
• Czech: zubatý
• Danish: tandet
• Dutch: gekarteld (nl)
• Esperanto: denta (eo)
• Finnish: sahalaitainen (fi)
• French: denté (fr) m, dentelé (fr) m
• Georgian: დაკბილული (daḳbiluli), კბილოვანი (ḳbilovani)
• Hawaiian: nihoniho
• Hungarian: recés (hu)
• Italian: seghettato (it), dentellato (it)
• Japanese: 鋸歯状 (きょしじょう, kyoshijō)
• Malay: bergerigi (ms)
• Māori: nihoniho, taratara
• Navajo: doolghas
• Persian: دندانه‌دار (dandâne-dâr), اره‌گون (arregun)
• Portuguese: serrado (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: nazubljen
• Spanish: serrado (es), aserruchado (es), dentado (es)
• Turkish: dişli (tr)

Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections

• Armenian: սղոցաձեւ (hy) (sġocʻajew)
• Bulgarian: назъ́бен (bg) (nazǎ́ben)
• Czech: zubatý
• Dutch: gekarteld (nl)
• Finnish: sahalaitainen (fi)
• French: denté (fr) m, dentelé (fr) m
• Hawaiian: nihoniho
• Italian: seghettato (it), dentellato (it)
• Japanese: 鋸歯状 (きょしじょう, kyoshijō)
• Malay: bergerigi (ms)
• Māori: nihoniho, taratara
• Navajo: doolghas
• Persian: دندانه‌دار (dandâne-dâr)
• Portuguese: serrado (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: reckast
• Swedish: sågtandad, sågad (sv)
• Turkish: tırtıklı (tr)
• Welsh: danheddog (cy), dragiog

See also

• sawback
• saw-tooth
• sawtooth
• saw-toothed
• sawtoothed

Verb

serrated

1. simple past and past participle of serrate

Anagrams

• arrested, de-arrest, dearrest, drearest, rastered, retrades, retreads, star-reed, treaders