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quartersaw

quartersaw verb: cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.

Verb

quartersaw (third-person singular simple present quartersaws, present participle quartersawing, simple past quartersawed, past participle quartersawn)

  1. Cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.

Forms of quartersaw

third-person singular presentquartersaws
present participlequartersawing
pastquartersawed
past participlequartersawn
alternative formquarter saw
alternative formquarter-saw

Origin of quartersaw

From quarter + saw.

Questions about quartersaw

What does quartersaw mean?
Quartersaw means cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.
What part of speech is quartersaw?
Quartersaw is a verb.
What is the past tense of quartersaw?
The past tense of quartersaw is quartersawed.

Words near quartersaw in the dictionary

  1. quarterpipes
  2. quarterpounder
  3. quarterpounders
  4. quarters
  5. quarters of an hour
  6. quartersaw
  7. quartersawed
  8. quartersawing
  9. quartersawn
  10. quartersaws
  11. quarterstaff

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