see|Kerf
English
Etymology
Old English cyrf �a cutting off, a cutting instrument.�
Pronunciation
IPA: /k�:f/
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Noun
kerf (plural: kerfs)
- a groove or slit in a material caused by cutting; an incision
#:*1999: They pass through a cleft that has been made across a low range of hills, like a kerf in the top of a log, and enter into a lovely territory of subtly swelling emerald green fields strewn randomly with small white capsules that he takes to be sheep. � Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
Related terms
carve
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