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sawblade

sawblade noun: the blade of a saw.

Noun

sawblade (plural sawblades)

  1. The blade of a saw.
    • From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154

Forms of sawblade

pluralsawblades

Origin of sawblade

From saw + blade.

Questions about sawblade

What does sawblade mean?
Sawblade means the blade of a saw.
What part of speech is sawblade?
Sawblade is a noun.
What is the plural of sawblade?
The plural of sawblade is sawblades.

Words near sawblade in the dictionary

  1. sawbelly
  2. sawbench
  3. sawbenches
  4. sawbill
  5. sawbills
  6. sawblade
  7. sawblades
  8. sawbones
  9. sawboneses
  10. Sawbridgeworth
  11. sawbuck

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