crosscut saw
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈkrɔːsˌkʌt sɔː/
- Specialized
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- The long, two-man crosscut saw waits nearby, and I frown at that.
- a dull crosscut saw
- a long crosscut saw
- a two-man crosscut saw
Examples
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To cut the fallen tree, we used a crosscut saw that easily sliced through the wood across the grain.
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Buy the very best crosscut saw that you can afford.
Blog text (8) -
I had to help him with the crosscut saw, breaking it down to pieces that we keep in the shed.
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Two men, brown and bent like cashew nuts, face each other over a big teak log and pull a crosscut saw back and forth slowly, rhythmically.
Fiction book (2000) -
Timber is cut using axes and two-person crosscut saws, felling trees in the low-water season.
Academic text (1996) -
Beside it lay a long crosscut saw, its blade oiled and entirely free of rust, all the intricate teeth of its cutting edge bright from recent sharpening.
Fiction book (1997) -
The carpenter chose a crosscut saw for the job, ensuring a clean cut through the thick lumber.
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With the crosscut saw in hand, he demonstrated how to efficiently cut logs into smaller pieces.
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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2.3
A tool you hold in one hand to cut wood
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2.1
A saw used with one hand to cut wood
A hand tool for cutting wood across the grain
A saw used to cut wood across the grain at right angles
A hand saw used by carpenters to cut wood
Antonyms
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'crosscut' means 'to cut across' and 'saw' is a cutting tool, so 'crosscut saw' is clearly a saw for cutting across the grain. This instrument‑noun pattern is a regular, productive English formation and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun crosscut saw comes from the saw's job: cross means 'across' and cut means 'to cut', so it was named for cutting wood 'across the grain'. Because its teeth are set and angled to slice the wood fibers, the name now means a saw made to cut across the wood's length.