indented

About 0.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
2. adjective Having an irregular, uneven border; sinuous; undulating.

   a heavily indented coastline

3. adjective Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated. A chevron indented.

   an indented border or ordinary

4. adjective Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.

   an indented servant

5. adjective Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.
6. verb simple past and past participle of indent

Similar words

crenelate crenellated crenelated crenellate concave embattled fancy depressed cut littoral

Often followed by

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