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handsaws

handsaws is the plural of handsaw.

Meaning of handsaw

Noun (1)

handsaw (plural handsaws)

  1. A saw small enough to be used by one hand.

Noun (2)

handsaw (plural handsaws)

  1. (obsolete) A heron.
    • When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act II, scene II

Questions about handsaws

What is handsaws the plural of?
Handsaws is the plural of handsaw.

Words near handsaws in the dictionary

  1. hands-ons
  2. Handsacre
  3. handsale
  4. handsaw
  5. handsawing
  6. handsaws
  7. handsbreadth
  8. handsbreadths
  9. Handscomb
  10. Handscombs
  11. handscreened

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