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bowsaw

bowsaw is the alternative form of bow saw.

Meaning of bow saw

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

Forms of bowsaw

pluralbowsaws

Questions about bowsaw

What is bowsaw the alternative form of?
Bowsaw is the alternative form of bow saw.

Words near bowsaw in the dictionary

  1. bows down
  2. bows down before the porcelain god
  3. bows in
  4. bows out
  5. bows to
  6. bowsaw
  7. bowsaws
  8. bowse
  9. bowsed
  10. bowser
  11. bowsers

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