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saw

76 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. saw (noun)
  2. saw (verb)
  3. saw (noun)
  4. band saw (noun)
  5. barrel saw (noun)
  6. bead saw (noun)
  7. bench saw (noun)
  8. bilge saw (noun)
  9. bow saw (noun)
  10. butt saw (noun)
  11. buzz saw (noun)
  12. cabinet saw (noun)
  13. chain saw (noun)
  14. chisel-tooth saw (noun)
  15. circular saw (noun)
  16. cold saw (noun)
  17. compass saw (noun)
  18. concrete saw (noun)
  19. coping saw (noun)
  20. crosscut saw (noun)
  21. crown saw (noun)
  22. cutoff saw (noun)
  23. cylinder saw (noun)
  24. diamond saw (noun)
  25. double-cut saw (noun)
  26. dovetail saw (noun)
  27. drum saw (noun)
  28. drunken saw (noun)
  29. fire saw (noun)
  30. flooring saw (noun)

2saw

noun \ˈsȯ\

Definition of SAW

: a hand or power tool or a machine used to cut hard material (as wood, metal, or bone) and equipped usually with a toothed blade or disk
— saw·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Origin of SAW

Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu; akin to Old High German sega saw, Latin secare to cut
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with SAW

aw, awe, blaw, braw, ca, caw, chaw, claw, craw, daw, draw, flaw, gnaw, haw, jaw, la, law, maw, pa, paw, pshaw, Ra, rah, raw, shah, shaw, slaw, spa, squaw, straw, tau, taw, thaw, yaw

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