Meanings
- not comparableHaving a jagged edge like a saw.
[…] everywhere between the poplar stems the saw-toothed outline of the western forts cuts the blue sky.
1857, Charles Kingsley, chapter 5, in Two Years Ago, volume 3, Cambridge: Macmillan, page 1354 more examples
But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh.
1625, Samuel Purchas, chapter 5, in Purchas his Pilgrimes, volume 1, book 2, London: Henry Fetherstone, page 79Craning our necks, we could see that what we had taken for the shore-line on that side was actually a high, thin, saw-toothed ledge of rock […]
1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 17, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 149To the south the landscape changes and the gradient profile immediately becomes saw-toothed, as the line rises and falls with the rolling undulations of this rich farming countryside; [...].
1961 January, G. H. Robin, “Resorts for Railfans - 32: Ayr”, in Trains Illustrated, page 49Hours later, having brought in the yellow raft laden with supplies to the green shore, then hidden them in the saw-toothed tall grass, an exhausted Cohn followed Buz into the forest.
1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Flood”, in God’s Grace, New York: Avon, published 1983, page 31
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenotched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek καρχαρόδους
- καρχαρόδους (karkharódous)having a jagged edge like a saw
Bulgarian назъбен, трионовиден
- назъбен (nazăben)having a jagged edge like a saw
- трионовиден (trionoviden)having a jagged edge like a saw
Finnish sahalaitainen, sahahampainen
- sahalaitainenhaving a jagged edge like a saw
- sahahampainenhaving a jagged edge like a saw
Polish pilasty
- pilastyhaving a jagged edge like a saw
Romanian ferestruit, fierăstruit
- ferestruithaving a jagged edge like a saw
- fierăstruithaving a jagged edge like a saw
Cite this entry
saw-toothed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saw-toothed
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