Cleft and Cut

Cleft

Cleft noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.
Usage example: my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks

Cut is a synonym for cleft in gash topic. In some cases you can use "Cut" instead the word "Cleft" as a noun or a verb.

Cut

Cut noun - A piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting.

Cleft is a synonym for cut in incision topic. Sometimes you can use "Cleft" instead a noun "Cut", if it concerns topics such as gash.

Nearby Words: cutting, cutter, cutout

How words are described

hard hard cleft hard cut
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