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serrated

[ser-ey-tid, suh-rey-]

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adjective

having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting; serrate: the serrated blade of a bread knife.

serrate.

Origin:
1695–1705; serrate + -ed²

Related forms

sub·ser·rat·ed, adjective

un·ser·rat·ed, adjective

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adjective

Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.

Numismatics. (of a coin) having a grooved edge.

serrated.

verb (used with object)

to make serrate or serrated: He serrated the knives so they would cut meat easily.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin serrātus, equivalent to serr(a) saw + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

sub·ser·rate, adjective

un·ser·rate, adjective

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serrated

—*adj*
	having a notched or sawlike edge

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Word Origin & History

serrated

1703, from adj. serrate (1668), from L. serratus "notched like a saw," from serra "saw," of unknown origin.

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Medical Dictionary

serrate ser·rate (sěr'āt') or ser·rat·ed (-ā'tĭd)
adj.

Having or forming a row of small, sharp, projections resembling the teeth of a saw.
Having a saw-toothed edge or margin notched with toothlike projections.

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