Definition of Serrate
Serrate
ser·rate


Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
having tooth-like projections or notches on its edge, especially used in botany to describe the shape of a leaf with such edges;

e.g. I pricked my finger on the serrate leaves of the rose bush.

(verb)
to cut or mark something with tooth-like projections or notches;

e.g. She tried to serrate the edge of the paper by cutting a zigzag pattern into it.



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