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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  

[pau-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

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025

The Nike CEO whose millions helped build Oregon into an upstart West Coast power saw the potential that Kliavkoff was pitching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

As a curious crowd gathered in Times Square on Monday, a power saw cut through the base of a pay phone on the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 50th Street.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

Typically, a handsaw is substantial enough for most trees, but you’ll need a power saw or ax if you’d like something large.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021

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

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