Meaning of INDENTED
| Pronunciation: | | in'dentid
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- [adj] having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule"
- [adj] having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
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| | Synonyms: | | concave, crenelate, crenelated, crenellate, crenellated, depressed, embattled, fancy |
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| | Definition: | | \In*dent"ed\, a.
1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth;
jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
--Milton. Shak.
3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the
teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an
indented servant.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Notched along the margin with a different
color, as the feathers of some birds.
{Indented line} (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short
faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving
a flanking fire along the front of the next.
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| | Related Terms: | | alveolar, alveolate, battlemented, chopped, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate, dentate, dentated, dented, depressed, dimpled, embrasured, engraved, erose, faveolate, gashed, honeycombed, incised, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, nicked, notched, pitted, pocked, pockmarked, sawlike, saw-toothed, scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated, serrulated, toothed |
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