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saw gin

saw gin noun: a form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.

Noun

saw gin (plural saw gins)

  1. A form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.

Forms of saw gin

pluralsaw gins

Questions about saw gin

What does saw gin mean?
Saw gin means a form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.
What part of speech is saw gin?
Saw gin is a noun.
What is the plural of saw gin?
The plural of saw gin is saw gins.

Words near saw gin in the dictionary

  1. saw eye to eye
  2. saw file
  3. saw files
  4. saw fit
  5. saw for oneself
  6. saw gin
  7. saw gins
  8. saw gourds
  9. saw grass
  10. saw grasses
  11. saw in

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