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- Practice the English pronunciation of kerf with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- (now rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (now rare) 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.
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