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circular saw

noun

  1. a power saw having a disk-shaped blade, usually with a toothed edge.

  2. the blade of such a saw.



circular saw

noun

  1. a power-driven saw in which a circular disc with a toothed edge is rotated at high speed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of circular saw1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences

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The movie makes creative enough use of circular saws and paper cutters to suffice and sustain audience interest.

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Firefighters carted away rubble in buckets and used circular saws to cut through the collapsed scaffolding, and an excavator clawed through the rubble.

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A bit later, firefighters carted away rubble in buckets and used circular saws to cut through the collapsed scaffolding.

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A former builder whose stomach was cut open after he fell on his circular saw has thanked medics who saved him.

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At the trial it was geared to a saw, and worked with the full rapidity of a circular saw run by steam power, although, perhaps, not quite so uniformly.”

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