CHATTER MARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chatter mark mean? 

• CHATTER MARK (noun)
  The noun CHATTER MARK has 2 senses:

1. marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier

2. a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece

  Familiarity information: CHATTER MARK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHATTER MARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("chatter mark" is a kind of...):

eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("chatter mark" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))