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Definitions for Kerf

[1] a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
[2] Mining . a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
[3] the act of cutting or carving.
[4] to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).
[5] the cut made by a saw, an axe, etc

Words related to Kerf

laceration, wound, trim, shave, chip, rip, snip, slit, rent, passage, slot, trench, fissure, section, mark, nick, slash, cleft, gash, prick

Words nearby Kerf

kerchoo, kerel, kerenski, kereru, keresan, kerf, kerflooey, kerflop, kerfuffle, kerguelen, kerguelen islands

Origin of Kerf

before 1000; Middle English kerf, kirf, Old English cyrf a cutting (cognate with Old Frisian kerf ); akin to carve

Word origin for Kerf

Old English cyrf a cutting; related to Old English ceorfan to carve

Synonyms for Kerf

laceration, wound, carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, scarification