saws
Woodshop cutting tools
Saws is the plural of saw—a tool with a toothed blade for cutting hard materials like wood or metal.
The carpenter keeps his saws sharp.
Saws also refers to old sayings or proverbs: ancient saws about early birds and rolling stones.
As a verb, saws means cuts with a saw or moves back and forth like one: She saws through the branch; The violinist saws away at the strings.
Flat cutting edge
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
- kerfIncision from a blade
- ripTear apart forcibly
- crosscutPerpendicular timber cut
cut · slice · stroke · edge · sharp · jagged · serrated · bite
Sawn wood for building
- timberWood for construction
- plywoodEngineered layered wood panels
- boardFlat rigid panel
- rippingTearing with force
crosscutting · miter · bevel · joinery · cabinetmaking · millwork · carpentry · workshop
Traditional pithy truth
- maximBrief moral principle
- sayingShort, wise expression
- aphorismTerse general truth
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
truism · platitude · dictum · precept · motto · epigram · cliché · byword
Branded reciprocating saw
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
- blade guardProtective cover for cutters
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- arborGarden trellis structure
Alternating reciprocal motion
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- push-pullBidirectional force dynamic
- reciprocatingMoving back and forth
seesawing · zigzag · oscillating · repetitive · grinding · rasping · steady · laborious
blade
Flat cutting edge
crosscut · cut · slice · stroke · edge · sharp · jagged · serrated · bite · gullet
lumber
Sawn wood for building
ripping · crosscutting · miter · bevel · joinery · cabinetmaking · millwork · carpentry · workshop · sawdust
adage
Traditional pithy truth
axiom · truism · platitude · dictum · precept · motto · epigram · cliché · byword · homily
handle
Part for gripping
- gripSecure manual hold
Sawzall
Branded reciprocating saw
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
- blade guardProtective cover for cutters
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
back-and-forth
Alternating reciprocal motion
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- push-pullBidirectional force dynamic
reciprocating · seesawing · zigzag · oscillating · repetitive · grinding · rasping · steady · laborious · manual
- timber industrylumber, sawmills, logging camps, lumberjacks, timber trade
- Workshopworkbench, toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool rack
- general storecounter, cash register, ledger, cracker barrel, checkerboard
- professional equipmentmicrophones, studio monitors, lighting rigs, audio equipment, power tools
- industrial suppliesfasteners, bolts, screws, washers, bearings
- DIYbuilding, woodworking, carpentry, electrical, crafting
- chain sawMotorized cutting tool
- saw toHandled a matter
- saw throughRecognized hidden truth
- saw redBecame intensely enraged
- saw comingAnticipated in advance
- saw the lightSuddenly understood something
saw, sawing, jigsaw, sawed, chainsaw, hacksaw, chainsaws, handsaw, sawhorse