sawblade

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noun

The blade of a saw.

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Meanings

nounsawblade (plural sawblades)

plural sawblades

  1. The blade of a saw.

    From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154

Origin

From saw + blade.

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Translations

Finnish sahanterä
  • sahanteräTranslations
German Sägeblatt
  • SägeblattTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

sawblade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawblade

MLA

“sawblade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawblade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sawblade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawblade.

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