kerf
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɜːf/
kerf (plural kerfs)
- (now, rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
- The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
- The distance between diverging saw teeth.
- 1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63 ↗, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro
- Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
- 1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63 ↗, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro
- The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
- The portion or quantity (e.g. of hay, turf, wool, etc.) cut off in a given stroke.
- German: Einschnitt, Kerbe, Nut, Schlitz, Schnittfuge, Fuge
- Italian: intaccatura
- Russian: зару́бка
kerf (kerfs, present participle kerfing; past and past participle kerfed)
- To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
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