chainsaw
75
3.5
- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪnˌsɔː/
:
motosierra
- With a chainsaw in hand, she began clearing the fallen branches from the path.
- cut with a chainsaw
And they were eventually cutting through the through through the ice with chainsaws to, to expose this water.
- And they were eventually cutting through the through through the ice with chainsaws to, to expose this water.
- Have you ever Googled, for example, where chainsaws came from, like what they were invented for?
- It's not, it's not something you want to pound and then grab a chainsaw and go out gathering wood.
- And I'm going to get chainsaw and cut it in half, and then?
- After we got comfortable with the chainsaws, it was time to use the big band sawmill.
- As I joke with my speakers, it's time to pull out the chainsaw, fire it up and carve, right?
- So they go over land, chainsaws cutting down trees as they go to this specific address.
- I know what this chainsaw, right got to tell you.
- We are a hacksaw chainsaw, shoot them up, cut them up country, right.
- I think the symbolism from the chainsaw is that he was slashing bureaucracy.
Examples
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So now that we have the block form ready for cutting, we will pick up an electric chainsaw to cut the overall shape.
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Sunlight glints off the blade of the chainsaw, blinding the camera.
Fiction book (1992) -
The young people began to leave; maintenance workers packed up their chainsaws and drove away.
Fiction book (1997) -
Metro's first response after the ice storm hit was to send workers out with chainsaws to clear the streets.
Academic text (1999) -
The lumberjack used a chainsaw to quickly fell the old pine tree.
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He carefully operated the chainsaw to cut through the thick logs.
Synonyms
54
1.0
A tool with a thin toothed blade used to cut wood or other materials
5
3.5
A power tool with a round blade that cuts wood or metal
3
3.2
A machine with a blade that has teeth and cuts wood or other materials
2
3.7
A machine with a long thin metal band with teeth that cuts wood or other materials
1
4.4
A machine with a round metal blade that turns quickly to cut wood
1
2.5
A portable machine with a moving chain of teeth for cutting wood
1
2.1
A saw used with one hand to cut wood
1
5.1
A hand saw for cutting wood across the grain
A small tool with a round blade that you carry to cut wood or other materials
A small machine with a round blade that you hold to cut wood or metal
A large tool with handles at both ends used by two people to cut wood
How Powerful
61
3.1
5
4.0
1
5.9
- Archaic
- US
75
3.5
63
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chainsaw is a simple mix of chain and saw: a 'saw' that uses a moving 'chain' of metal teeth to cut. So a chainsaw is literally a saw with a fast, toothy metal chain that cuts wood and other materials.