sawback

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noun

A ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.

“Holonym: sierra”

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Meanings

nounsawback (plural sawbacks)

plural sawbacks

  1. A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect) that is a saw or is sawlike in form, as:
    1. attributiveoftenA ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.

      Holonym: sierra

    2. attributiveoftenA knife, often a machete, whose spine has sawteeth.

      sawback knife   sawback machete

Origin

From saw + back.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

backsaw
Cite this entry
APA

sawback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawback

MLA

“sawback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sawback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawback.

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