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sawbacks

sawbacks is the plural of sawback.

Meaning of sawback

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

Questions about sawbacks

What is sawbacks the plural of?
Sawbacks is the plural of sawback.

Words near sawbacks in the dictionary

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

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