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kerf is a common noun.  Its 1 syllable, kerf, is pronounced KERF.  There are 3 definitions.

Definition 1 is:  The channel made by a saw, or the width of such a channel.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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saw as a noun.  Definition 1 of 3 is:  A cutting-instrument with pointed teeth arranged continuously along the edge of the blade:  used to cut or divide wood, bone, metal, et cetera.  Definition 2 is:  A machine for operating a saw or gang of saws.  Definition 3 is:  Any tool or instrument without teeth used lake a saw, as a steel disk for cutting armor-plate et cetera.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

sawdust is a noun.  Definition 1 of 1 is:  Small fragments, as of wood, cut or torn out by a saw.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

channel as a noun.  Definition 3 of 5 is:  Any groove or passage.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

width is a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  Space between sides, or extent from side to side.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary


Definition 2 is:  A cut of a cloth-shearing machine.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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Definition 3 is:  The act or process of cutting.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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kerf as a verb, transitive. The only definition is:  To make a kerf in.  Source:  Webster's International Dictionary

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The plural of kerf is:  kerfs.  The possessive of kerf is:  kerf's.

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