Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

serrature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ser-ra-ture
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From Latin serratura (“a sawing”).

Inflected Forms

serratures (plural)

Questions

What does serrature mean?: A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.
Where does serrature come from?: From Latin serratura (“a sawing”).

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