jigsaw
noun
Also jig saw an electric machine saw with a narrow blade mounted vertically in a frame, for cutting curves or other difficult lines or patterns.
jigsaws
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pluralof jigsaw.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the most recent example, Time magazine this week launched Time Games, featuring online word puzzles and jigsaws made from its iconic magazine covers.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
It’s trying to go through these moral jigsaws to kind of justify certain things to themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
“We wanted to create jigsaws that someone would want to gift as a hostess present, or whip out after a dinner party to work on during dessert.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
He’s mastered an avuncular, jokey, at times corny tone: Heading to Spain for the jigsaw contest, he quips that “speed-solving jigsaws sounded weird and paradoxical, like a yoga tournament or a napping derby.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
More clutter on the third floor: boxes of jars, metal disks, and rusty jigsaws; buckets of what might be electrical components; engineering manuals in piles around a toilet.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
