serration

noun

ser·​ra·​tion sə-ˈrā-shən 

se-

1

: the condition of being serrate

2

: a formation resembling the toothed edge of a saw

3

: one of the teeth in a serrate margin

Examples of serration in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the notable specimens, a Megalodon tooth from North Carolina’s Nutrien Mine shows deep serration marks running diagonally across the root, evidence of a strong bite from another Megalodon. —Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

Exceptions are knives with rounded-blades, blunt edges without serration/teeth such as butter knives, or plastic cutlery. —Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025

Even later, when the serration was softened by animation director David Silverman, there was an attitude in the look. —Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024

Both the leading and trailing edges are broken into small comb-like serrations that smooth out air turbulence to cut noise and provide the owl's hyper-quiet hunting ability. —New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for serration

• ablation
• bination
• carnation
• cassation
• castration
• causation
• centration
• cessation
• cetacean
• chelation
• citation
• collation