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Handsaw

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small saw operated by one hand.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A saw small enough to be used by one hand.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A saw used with one hand.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A saw to be used with the hand. Also called arm-saw.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a saw used with one hand for cutting wood

Word Usage

"So, having no faculty for distinguishing a work of art from a handsaw, he is apt to rear up a pyramid of irrefragable argument on the hypothesis that a handsaw is a work of art."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

saw

Cross Reference

all the world to a hand-saw to know a hawk from a hand-saw

Hyponym

ripsaw backsaw compass saw crosscut handsaw coping saw splitsaw keyhole saw crosscut saw pruning saw cutoff saw

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