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why your bread knife doesn't care that it's dull — the teeth do the work
means Having a notched, sawtooth edge — a row of small points and grooves rather than one smooth line.
from From Latin 'serra,' a saw — the same toothy image that names the Sierra mountains, whose jagged ridgeline looked to Spanish eyes like the teeth of a saw against the sky. 'Serratus' meant saw-shaped, and English borrowed it to describe anything edged like a blade with a grudge.
- saw logic
- Tiny teeth concentrate force, sawing through what edges can't
- shark mouths
- Many sharks wield serrated teeth for tearing flesh
- stays sharp
- Recessed edges resist dulling longer than straight blades
- leaf edges
- Botanists call jagged-margin leaves serrate
- latin root
- From serra, the Latin word for saw
serrated bread knife — kitchen tool with saw-like teeth, standard in professional bakeries for cutting through crusts without crushing bread
serrated steak knives — common flatware with jagged edges, found in restaurants and dining sets worldwide since the 1800s
serrated saw blade — carpentry tool with v-shaped teeth pattern, standard equipment in woodworking shops