NOTCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does notched mean? 

• NOTCHED (adjective)
  The adjective NOTCHED has 2 senses:

1. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

2. having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

  Familiarity information: NOTCHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

Synonyms:

notched; saw-toothed; serrate; serrated; toothed

Similar:

rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

Synonyms:

erose; jagged; jaggy; notched; toothed

Similar:

rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)

 Context examples 

He notched the stick at each end and in the notches fastened strings of raw-hide.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They were armed to the teeth with lance, sword, and mace, with square shields notched at the upper right-hand corner to serve as a spear-rest.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She sat in a blaze of oppressive heat, in a cloud of moving dust, and her eyes could only wander from the walls, marked by her father's head, to the table cut and notched by her brothers, where stood the tea-board never thoroughly cleaned, the cups and saucers wiped in streaks, the milk a mixture of motes floating in thin blue, and the bread and butter growing every minute more greasy than even Rebecca's hands had first produced it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)