Definitions for retuse

retuse re·tuse

Spelling: [ri-toos, -tyoos]
IPA: /rɪˈtus, -ˈtyus/

Retuse is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in retuse (eerstu).

Definitions for retuse

adjective

  1. having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.

Origin of retuse

1745-55; Latin retūsus (past participle of retundere to make blunt), equivalent to re- re- + tud-, variant stem of tundere to beat, strike + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for retuse

retuse, with rounded summit slightly indented, forming a very shallow notch, as in Fig. 137.

retuse, blunted; the apex not only obtuse but somewhat indented, 54.

retuse: ending in an obtuse sinus or broad, shallow notch, terminated by an obtuse hollow.

Word Value for retuse
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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