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Kerf vs Kere - What's the difference?

kerf | kere |

As nouns the difference between kerf and kere

is that kerf is the groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; an incision while kere is a reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points if the text is vocalized being inserted in the text.

As a verb kerf

is to cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

kerf

English

Noun

(kerfs)
  • The groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; an incision.
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  • The width of the groove made while cutting.
  • *1991 , , January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro
  • *:Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf' that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade ' kerf .
  • Distance between diverging saw teeth

    • Related terms

    * carve * swarf

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

    • References

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    kere

    English

    Alternative forms

    * keri

    Noun

  • A reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points if the text is vocalized being inserted in the text.

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