serrate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

serrate


SYLLABICATION:	ser·rate
PRONUNCIATION:	srt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Having or forming a row of small sharp projections resembling the teeth of a saw: serrate teeth; a serrate talon. 2. Having a saw-toothed edge or margin notched with toothlike projections: serrate leaves.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: ser·rat·ed, ser·rat·ing, ser·rates To make serrate or saw-toothed; jag the edge of.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin serrtus, saw-shaped, from serra, saw.


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