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, Eland, published 2019, page 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

• Finnish: hampaisuus
• Italian: dentatura (it) f

set of teeth or notches

• Finnish: hammastus (fi)
• French: serration (fr) f (rare), dentelure (fr) f
• Italian: dentatura (it) f

one of the teeth in a serrated edge

• Finnish: hammas (fi)
• Italian: dentatura (it) f

Anagrams

• Torresian, errations, rationers