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

To verify the idea, the team created a partial computer model of the fossil, including the serrations and the parallel, horizontal ridges. —Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 July 2025

Unlike standard serrations, this design has a second layer of micro-serrations that grip and slice more cleanly, especially through crusty loaves or soft, squishy foods like ripe tomatoes. —Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 July 2025

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

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