serrated
adjUK /səˈɹeɪtɪd/
Etymology Past participle of serrate.
1
Notched or cut like a saw.
- That knife has a serrated blade.
- The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife.1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 11, column 2:
2
Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections.
- Maple leaves have serrated edges.
- Derived terms
- microserrated, nonserrated, serratedly, serratedness, unserrated
- Related terms
- serration, sawback, saw-tooth, sawtooth, saw-toothed, sawtoothed