indentation

indentation is a 11-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of indenting or state of being indented. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. noun. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
3. noun. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4. noun. The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
5. noun. The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
6. noun. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
7. noun. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

   Synonyms: indent, indention, indenture

8. noun. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

   Synonyms: pitting, roughness

9. noun. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

   Synonyms: indenture

Synonyms

indent, indention, indenture, pitting, roughness

Common word forms

indentations

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for INDENTATION lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.