bow saw

[ boh ]

/ boʊ /

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noun

a saw having a narrow blade held at both ends by a bowed handle.

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Origin of bow saw

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby bow saw

bow net, bow oar, bow out, bowrider, bow rudder, bow saw, bowse, bowser, bowser bag, Bowser boat, bow shock

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How to use bow saw in a sentence

But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.
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Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!
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“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.
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We just saw an edit of one called, “Doug Becomes A Feminist,” and I just really enjoyed watching it.
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In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
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In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.
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There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
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As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.
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British Dictionary definitions for bow saw

bowsaw

/ (ˈbəʊˌsɔː) /

noun

a saw with a thin blade in a bow-shaped frame

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