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sawback

sawback noun: a ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.

Noun

sawback (plural sawbacks)

  1. (attributive, often) A ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.
    • Holonym: sierra
  2. (attributive, often) A knife, often a machete, whose spine has sawteeth.
    • sawback knife sawback machete

Forms of sawback

pluralsawbacks

Origin of sawback

From saw + back.

Questions about sawback

What does sawback mean?
Sawback means a ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.
What part of speech is sawback?
Sawback is a noun.
What is the plural of sawback?
The plural of sawback is sawbacks.

Words near sawback in the dictionary

  1. Sawatzky
  2. Sawatzkys
  3. Sawau
  4. Sawaya
  5. Sawayas
  6. sawback
  7. sawbacks
  8. sawbellies
  9. sawbelly
  10. sawbench
  11. sawbenches

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