yiv.
groove, channel, any long, narrow indentation or depression cut into a hard material
Meaning & usage
groove, channel, any long, narrow indentation or depression cut into a hard material
chamfer, bevel, a transitional edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle
rabbet, a longitudinal channel or groove, cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ییو (yiv, “groove, channel”), from Proto-Turkic *yüg ~ *yig. Cognate with Azerbaijani yiv.
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