kerf
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing somethingThe groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
» Kerf is waste.
Meaning
5 sensesThe groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
Einschnitt, Kerbe, Nut
зару́бкаzarúbka, надру́бnadrúb, пропи́лpropíl
The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
The distance between diverging saw teeth.
1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
Schränkung
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
(archaic)The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
Examples
1 sentencesKerf is waste.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cuttingFrom Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.
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