| VERB | contact | saw | cut with a saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | communication | saw, proverb, adage, byword | a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people |
| artifact | saw | hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting | |
| artifact | saw, power saw, sawing machine | a power tool for cutting wood |
| Sounds | sao' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | backsaw ... whipsaw: 13 rhymes with sao... | |
| Meaning | A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | proverb, adage, byword | |
| Broader | saying, expression, locution | A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
| Spanish | adagio, aforismo, dicho, proverbio, refrán, sentencia | |
| Catalan | adagi, dita, parèmia, proverbi, refrany | |
| Meaning | hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | sawtooth | A serration on a saw blade |
| tooth | Something resembling the tooth of an animal | |
| Narrower | bucksaw | A saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H |
| crown saw | A saw having teeth around the edge of a hollow cylinder | |
| folding saw | A saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds) | |
| hacksaw, hack saw, metal saw | Saw used with one hand for cutting metal | |
| handsaw, hand saw, carpenter's saw | A saw used with one hand for cutting wood | |
| two-handed saw, whipsaw, two-man saw, lumberman's saw | A saw with handles at both ends | |
| Broader | hand tool | A tool used with workers' hands |
| Spanish | sierra | |
| Catalan | serra | |
| Verbs | saw | cut with a saw |
| Meaning | A power tool for cutting wood. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | power saw, sawing machine | |
| Parts | tooth | Something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| Narrower | bandsaw, band saw | An endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels |
| chain saw, chainsaw | portable power saw | |
| circular saw, buzz saw | A power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery | |
| gangsaw | A power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts | |
| jigsaw, scroll saw, fretsaw | fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade | |
| saber saw, jigsaw, reciprocating saw | A portable power saw with a reciprocating blade | |
| sawmill | A large sawing machine | |
| Broader | power tool | A tool driven by a motor |
| Spanish | motosierra, sierra mecánica, sierra | |
| Catalan | serra mecànica | |
| Verbs | saw | cut with a saw |
| Meaning | cut with a saw. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "saw wood for the fireplace" | |
| Narrower | whipsaw | Saw with a whipsaw |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | aserrar, serrar | |
| Catalan | serrar, xerracar | |
| Nouns | saw | hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting |
| saw | a power tool for cutting wood | |
| sawyer | one who is employed to saw wood | |
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