indent
3 synonyms for indent, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A notch or a cut in the edge of something.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- + dent (see dent); and partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to cut notches into”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin dēns.
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