serrature

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noun

A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.

OriginLatin serratura →
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Meanings

nounserrature (plural serratures)

plural serratures

  1. A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.

    When a serrate leaf has small serratures upon the large ones, it is said to be Doubly-serrate

    1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany
  2. One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.

Origin

  1. Latinserratura“a sawing”
  2. Englishserrature

From Latin serratura (“a sawing”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

serrature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrature

MLA

“serrature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serrature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrature.

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