Word.ws English Dictionary

bow saw

bow saw noun: a lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.

bow saw: a lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for...
Image: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

bow saw (plural bow saws)

  1. A lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.
    Synonyms:
    Finn saw, Swede saw
  2. A woodworking saw used for straight or curved cuts.
    Synonyms:
    frame saw, buck saw, turning saw

bow saw meaning in Tamil

bow saw in Tamil

வில்வாள்

Synonyms of bow saw

All synonyms of bow saw

Forms of bow saw

pluralbow saws

Questions about bow saw

What does bow saw mean?
Bow saw means a lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.
What is bow saw in Tamil?
Bow saw in Tamil is வில்வாள். See Bow saw meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bow saw?
Bow saw is a noun.
What is the plural of bow saw?
The plural of bow saw is bow saws.

Words near bow saw in the dictionary

  1. bow rails
  2. bow riding
  3. Bow River
  4. bow rudder
  5. bow rudders
  6. bow saw
  7. bow saws
  8. bow shock
  9. bow shocks
  10. bow spring
  11. bow springs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bow saw (page history and authors); bow saw (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “bow saw.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bow_saw. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.