Definitions for indentation

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indentation in·den·ta·tion

Spelling: [in-den-tey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌɪn dɛnˈteɪ ʃən/

Indentation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 362 anagrams from letters in indentation (adeiinnnott).

Definitions for indentation

noun

1. a cut, notch, or deep recess:
2. a series of incisions or notches:
3. a notching or being notched.
4. indention (defs 1, 2).

Origin of indentation

First recorded in 1715-25; indent¹ + -ation

Examples for indentation

Traveling there, he noticed an indentation in the ground that had been cleared.

The indentation of the lines of the poem "Coal and Candlelight" reverse at lines 12/13.

It was a long sandy beach, with no cove, no indentation, into which they could run their boats.

There was an indentation in the front of it, where it had been struck by a bullet.

Eight hits, of which three were on the armour, making little or no indentation.

One was a small block of cedar, with an indentation in the centre, about two thirds of an inch in diameter.

For a hind sight there is a minute indentation in the bar of the hind sight.

Make an indentation in the center of each with a spoon, to hold the jelly.

A dash, instead of an indentation, to be used as a mark of repetition.

It is extensive, and lies in an indentation of the coast, somewhat semicircular.