saw
noun
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
sawlike
-
a word derived from
saw.
Example Sentences
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Far inland, and tinged light-blue by distance, rose the sharp, jagged, and sawlike crests of El-Sharaf, under which the Hajj-caravan wends its weary way, thus escaping the mountains which dip perpendicularly into the sea.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg
The leaves, which are just coming out, are two or three inches long and about half as wide; they taper to a point and have serrate, or sawlike, edges.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Ella Rodman Church
These sawlike edges have given the fish its name.
From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Alan Douglas
He was not a large dog—only about as high as a chair seat; he had mottled lips, too, and sharp, sawlike teeth.
From A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others by Francis Hopkinson Smith
