serra
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of serra
C19: from Latin: saw
Example Sentences
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The Porto e Serra Burger is beef soaked in port and topped with serra da estrela cheese.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
The "unknown serra" that Quadros envisions is also a real place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Serrif′erous, having a serra or serrate organ; Ser′riform, toothed like a saw; Ser′riped, having the feet serrate; Serriros′trate, having the bill serrated with tooth-like processes.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
From the last syllable of the Chaldee nasar, to saw, we can derive the Latin serra, the High German sagen, the Danish sauga, and our word to saw.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
It is named after the serra, and is known as the Rio Erreré.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
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