bandsaw

noun

Etymology

From band + saw.

  1. inherited from sawen
  2. derived from *sek- — “to cut
  3. inherited from *sagô
  4. inherited from *sagu
  5. inherited from saga
  6. inherited from sawe
  7. compounded as bandsaw — “band + saw

Definitions

  1. A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.

    • Their work is more cerebral than the careful placement of an engine block — or an entire car — on a bandsaw.
  2. To cut with a bandsaw.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bandsaw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA