saw-toothed
[ saw-tootht ]
adjective
having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
Origin of saw-toothed
1First recorded in 1580–90
Words Nearby saw-toothed
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How to use saw-toothed in a sentence
And far as his eyes could reach along the coast there lifted enormous, saw-toothed mountains.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairThe factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
The Whispering Spheres | Russell Robert WinterbothamThe heterodyning of extremely saw-toothed waves produced peaks of energy until the saw-teeth began to smooth out.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsIt sheered up very high, a saw-toothed range with colored strata tilted at an angle of forty-five degrees.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreySoon, our course was along a narrow channel saw-toothed with jetties on either hand.
Virginia: The Old Dominion | Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
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