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saw-toothed

saw-toothed adjective: having a jagged edge like a saw.

Adjective

saw-toothed (not comparable)

  1. Having a jagged edge like a saw.
    • But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh.1625, Samuel Purchas, chapter 5, in Purchas his Pilgrimes, volume 1, book 2, London: Henry Fetherstone, page 79
    • […] everywhere between the poplar stems the saw-toothed outline of the western forts cuts the blue sky.1857, Charles Kingsley, chapter 5, in Two Years Ago, volume 3, Cambridge: Macmillan, page 135

Examples of saw-toothed in a sentence

  • Craning our necks, we could see that what we had taken for the shore-line on that side was actually a high, thin, saw-toothed ledge of rock […]1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 17, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 149:
  • To the south the landscape changes and the gradient profile immediately becomes saw-toothed, as the line rises and falls with the rolling undulations of this rich farming countryside; [...].1961 January, G. H. Robin, “Resorts for Railfans - 32: Ayr”, in Trains Illustrated, page 49:
  • Hours later, having brought in the yellow raft laden with supplies to the green shore, then hidden them in the saw-toothed tall grass, an exhausted Cohn followed Buz into the forest.1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Flood”, in God’s Grace, New York: Avon, published 1983, page 31:

Synonyms of saw-toothed

Questions about saw-toothed

What does saw-toothed mean?
Saw-toothed means having a jagged edge like a saw.
How do you use saw-toothed in a sentence?
Craning our necks, we could see that what we had taken for the shore-line on that side was actually a high, thin, saw-toothed ledge of rock […]
What part of speech is saw-toothed?
Saw-toothed is an adjective.

Words near saw-toothed in the dictionary

  1. saw-scaled viper
  2. saw-scaled vipers
  3. saw-stool
  4. saw-stools
  5. saw-tooth
  6. saw-toothed
  7. saw-trestle
  8. saw-trestles
  9. saw-whet owl
  10. saw-wing
  11. saw-wings

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