to serrate

Examples

• All

• The knife used was a heavy blade, 6 inches long with a serrated upper edge.

  Jagged Edge (1985)

• Do you have anything this size that's serrated?

  Georgia Rule (2007)

• I prefer this method to a serrated knife because it doesn't crush the dough.

  Blog text (8)

• "Dude," Colby explained, holding a serrated carrot stick in the air as if in demonstration of his point.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Right now her hand is slowly inching across the tablecloth toward a serrated knife.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Jack's mother stood at the table coring apples with a sharp, serrated instrument.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Seven-inch blade, partially serrated, well-balanced if you dip when you cut.

  Captain Fantastic (2016)

• The skin abrasions, they're indicative of a knife with a partially serrated edge.

  Saw VI (2009)

• To cut the bread easily, use a serrated knife that makes clean, jagged slices.

• He decided to serrate the edge of the cardboard to make it easier to tear.

Synonyms

J

to jag

vsto serrate

1 8.4

To cut notches or sharp points into something

creates a regular saw-toothed edge rather than irregular notches

Compounds

S

serrate leaf

1 5.9

A leaf with edges like small saw teeth pointing toward the tip

How Jagged

to serrate

1 7.7

to notch

4 4.1

to score

10 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology