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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It was a frightful mouth, armed with huge rows of sawlike teeth, and although they knew the brute was dead the boys could not repress a shudder as they looked at it.
From The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Spencer Davenport
His thin sawlike features wore an expectant expression, and his eyes were lightened by a look of cunning and greed as he occasionally glanced down the road.
From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various
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
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
