kerf

Meanings

Plural: kerfs

Noun

• The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
• The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
• The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
• The distance between diverging saw teeth.
• The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.

Verb

• To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

Related Words

carve, swarf