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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

Power, power and more power saw Du Toit drive over five minutes after the restart.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2023

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

He used a power saw to cut rough outlines of the spreading knives that were our starter project.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 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

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 Piper, H. Beam

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 Streeter, John Williams

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 Nordhoff, Charles