circular saw
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈsɜrkjələr sɔ/
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- You can easily cut large sheets of plywood with a circular saw.
- using a circular saw
- circular saw cuts
- circular saw blade
This is a circular saw attachment for the drill.
- This is a circular saw attachment for the drill.
Examples
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I'm also really liking my circular saw, and I have my eyes on some of the projects in this book once the chicken coop is done.
Blog text (22) -
Well, you take a log that is too big to cut in half with the circular saw that you have access to, and you cut across it as deep as you can.
Blog text (32) -
I'll call the fire department, get a circular saw, take this back to the lab.
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I use the drill and circular saw all the time.
Blog text (15) -
It's the blade of a circular saw.
Blog text (28) -
This is a circular saw attachment for the drill.
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Oh man, I have forgotten how much dust a circular saw throws off.
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In the mornings, you were now awakened by the sound of a circular saw.
Fiction book (1996) -
All around the lake, circular saws squeal.
Fiction book (1993) -
With the power of a worm drive and a very compact design, the WSWC 267-E circular saw is like no other, according to the manufacturer.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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1.0
A tool with a thin toothed blade used to cut wood or other materials
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4.2
A tool for cutting wood using a round blade that sticks up through a table
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3.2
A machine with a blade that has teeth and cuts wood or other materials
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4.4
A machine with a round metal blade that turns quickly to cut wood
A small machine with a round blade that you hold to cut wood or metal
A small tool with a round blade that you carry to cut wood or other materials
A machine with a saw blade that cuts wood or metal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a saw with a circular blade' is directly derivable from combining 'circular' (round) with 'saw' (a cutting tool); the adjective+noun composition describes a physical property of the tool. This is a regular, compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun circular saw comes from the round blade the tool uses. The word circular means round and saw is a tool that 'cuts', so the name simply describes the tool's round blade and what it does.