Sawhorse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood being sawed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material (for example, timber), especially during cutting with a saw or similar device.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A support or rack for holding wood while it is cut by a wood-saw. Also called sawbuck or buck.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    framework   
    Variant
    buck    sawbuck   
    Hyponym
    trestle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sawbuck    saw-stool   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts