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surform

surform noun: a tool with which one grates, rasps, planes, or shaves material, especially wood, to form its surface.

Noun

surform (plural surforms)

  1. (attributive, sometimes) A tool with which one grates, rasps, planes, or shaves material, especially wood, to form its surface.
    • This job calls for a surform.
    • This job calls for a surform file.

Forms of surform

pluralsurforms

Origin of surform

Genericized trademark from a brand name, purportedly a blend of surface and form.

Questions about surform

What does surform mean?
Surform means a tool with which one grates, rasps, planes, or shaves material, especially wood, to form its surface.
What part of speech is surform?
Surform is a noun.
What is the plural of surform?
The plural of surform is surforms.

Words near surform in the dictionary

  1. surfmanship
  2. surfmen
  3. surfome
  4. surfomes
  5. surfoot
  6. surform
  7. surforms
  8. surfperch
  9. surfperches
  10. surfpunk
  11. surfrider

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