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chain saw

chain saw is the alternative spelling of chainsaw.

Meaning of chainsaw

Noun

chainsaw (plural chainsaws)

  1. (machinery) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.
    • He used a chainsaw to cut through the fallen tree on the roadway.

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Forms of chain saw

pluralchain saws

Questions about chain saw

What is chain saw the alternative spelling of?
Chain saw is the alternative spelling of chainsaw.

Words near chain saw in the dictionary

  1. chain pump
  2. chain pumps
  3. chain reaction
  4. chain reactions
  5. chain rule
  6. chain saw
  7. chain saws
  8. chain shift
  9. chain shifts
  10. chain shot
  11. chain shots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chain saw (page history and authors); chainsaw (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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