power saw

¹

noun

1. a saw driven by a motor.

power-saw

²

[pou-er-saw]

verb (used with object)

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

1. to cut with a power saw.

Word History and Origins

Origin of power saw¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Littler's checkouts were at 42.9% but his scoring power saw him secure a third night win of the season.

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Searching through the remnants of his old tools - from a power saw to antique hand tools - Mr Michell said material things can be replaced.

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She delighted in a scene in which she used a power saw and in the one in which she drove the maple tree through all that glass.

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But her first year in power saw a big jump in the numbers of people who arrived on Italy’s shores, with about 160,000 last year.

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The court also heard from Loris Bertoliatti, representing the Museum of Far Eastern Art, who said damage caused by a power saw, sledgehammer and crowbar cost the institution millions.

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