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• power saw
  power saw

  noun

  a saw driven by a motor.
• power-saw
  power-saw

  verb (used with object)

  to cut with a power saw.

power saw

¹ American  

noun

1. a saw driven by a motor.

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power-saw ² American  

[pou-er-saw] / ˈpaʊ ərˌsɔ /

verb (used with object)

power-sawed, power-sawed, power-sawn, power-sawing

1. to cut with a power saw.

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Etymology

Origin of power saw

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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The company contends the pipe poses no health threat unless improperly handled, such as by cutting it with a power saw or drill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Northampton's Champions Cup dream was crushed as French giants Bordeaux-Begles' second-half power saw them muscle out a 28-20 victory in the final in Cardiff.

From BBC ● May 24, 2025

His first decade in power saw a drastic expansion of the economy that lifted millions of Turks out of poverty and expanded Turkish industry.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

Police later found receipts in the vehicles for items including a power saw and trash bags purchased from a home improvement store after Miller’s disappearance.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

He had been cutting wood for Bonetti on a power saw in the shed.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

If plaintiffs argue that power-saw makers irresponsibly ignored a better technology, "the industry might get the message and adopt this technology," Singer says.

From Time Magazine Archive

A power-saw was set in the end of the shed, a grinding mill in the granary, and a fodder-cutter in the forage barn.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by John Williams Streeter

He also made a miniature ax with a hardwood handle, a handsaw out of a piece of broken power-saw blade and half a dozen little knives forged in one piece from quarter-inch coil-spring material.

From Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

For instance, at Mount Lebanon the different families saw their firewood by a power-saw, and store it in huge wood-houses, that it may be seasoned before it is used.

From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Charles Nordhoff