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band-saw

band-saw is the alternative spelling of bandsaw.

Meaning of bandsaw

Noun

bandsaw (plural bandsaws)

  1. A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.
    • Their work is more cerebral than the careful placement of an engine block — or an entire car — on a bandsaw.2007 January 7, Tim Moran, “Sliced, Diced and Polished to Perfection, Cutaway Displays Reveal All”, in New York Times

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Forms of band-saw

pluralband-saws

Questions about band-saw

What is band-saw the alternative spelling of?
Band-saw is the alternative spelling of bandsaw.

Words near band-saw in the dictionary

  1. band-aid solutions
  2. band-aided
  3. band-aiding
  4. band-aids
  5. band-pass
  6. band-saw
  7. band-saws
  8. band-stop
  9. band-tailed antshrike
  10. band-tailed antshrikes
  11. band-tailed manakin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: band-saw (page history and authors); bandsaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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