Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rift-sawn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: rift--sawn
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of rift-saw

adj

Alternative form of riftsawn.

Example Sentences

"There are three important things to keep in mind about the tangential and radial directions in a rift-sawn board."
"Rift-sawn boards have a straight grain pattern as opposed to the circular pattern of the plain-sawn boards."

Questions

What does rift-sawn mean?: past participle of rift-saw

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