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🪚 A cutting tool 🔄 Cutting again 🪚 To cut again
resaw

resaw

8.1
The process of sawing wood again to make thinner boards
  • noun
  • /ˈriːsɔː/
translation icon : re-sierra
  • During the resaw process, the carpenter carefully adjusted the thickness of each piece.

Examples

  • After the resaw, the lumber was ready to be used for the new shelving units.

  • This thick piece of Maple was very flat and well acclimated to my studio, but after the resawing the hops got both.

  • The woodworker decided to resaw the oak planks to create thinner boards for his project.

How Thin

veneering
  • Specialized
7.6
slicing
2 1.9
resaw
8.1
cutting
70 2.7

Surface Forms

resaw singular
resaws plural

Morphology

resaw = resaw (transparent) = re + saw

This noun is a straightforward conversion from the verb 'resaw' meaning the act or process of resawing.

Etymology

Resaw comes from re- 'again' and saw, and a resaw can mean the process of sawing wood again to make thinner boards or veneers, which is why the word refers to that specific cutting action.