serration

English

Noun

serration (countable and uncountable, plural serrations)

1. (uncountable) The state of being serrated.
2. (countable) A set of teeth or notches.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 74):

     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.

3. (countable) One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge.

Translations

state of being serrated

• Italian: dentatura f

set of teeth or notches

• French: serration (fr) f (rare), dentelure (fr) f

• Italian: dentatura f

one of the teeth in a serrated edge

• Italian: dentatura f

Anagrams

• Torresian, errations, rationers