folding saw
- noun
- /ˈfoʊldɪŋ sɔː/
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sierra plegable
- The campers packed a folding saw for easy wood cutting while out in the wilderness.
Examples
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With a folding saw in hand, she quickly prepared firewood for their evening campfire.
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Until the sickness had taken her, as it had taken so many others, Kang's wife had climbed this very hill, armed with the same folding saw that he now carried, and the same length of rope.
Fiction book (1999) -
Leaving the ridge for the wooded hillside a hundred yards away, he pounced on a small tree and, kneeling in the snow, sawed furiously at its trunk with his little folding saw.
Fiction book (1999) -
He used a folding saw to trim the branches of the tree in his backyard.
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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2.1
A saw used with one hand to cut wood
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6.9
A small hand saw with a thin blade in a U-shaped frame for cutting curves in wood
A hand saw used by carpenters to cut wood
A small tool with a long, narrow, pointed blade for cutting tight curves in wood
How Portable
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a saw that can be folded' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'folding' (capable of being folded) with 'saw' (a cutting tool). This noun compound follows a common, compositional English pattern and similar constructions exist in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Folding saw is a simple, literal name: the word saw and the idea of folding explain it, because the blade folds into the handle so the sharp part is hidden. Because the blade tucks away, the tool is easy to carry and 'safe' to store, so the term means a small, 'portable' saw used for camping and light work.