kerf

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
2. noun The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
3. noun The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
4. noun The distance between diverging saw teeth.
5. noun The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
6. verb To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

Similar words

slash cutting slashing stripe crosscut gashing edge overcut lash cutting edge

Often followed by

is and width in of to loss or will

Word family

kerfs