kerf

[ kurf ]
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noun
  1. a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.

  2. Mining. a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.

  1. the act of cutting or carving.

verb (used with object)
  1. to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).

Origin of kerf

1
before 1000; Middle English kerf, kirf,Old English cyrf a cutting (cognate with Old Frisian kerf); akin to carve

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British Dictionary definitions for kerf

kerf

/ (kɜːf) /


noun
  1. the cut made by a saw, an axe, etc

Origin of kerf

1
Old English cyrf a cutting; related to Old English ceorfan to carve

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