sawtooth

American  

[saw-tooth] / ˈsɔˌtuθ /

noun

sawteeth plural

1. one of the cutting teeth of a saw.

2. any of the small parallel roof structures forming a sawtooth roof.

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adjective

1. having a zigzag profile, similar to that of the cutting edge of a saw; sawtoothed; serrate.

   a sawtooth mountain range.

sawtooth British  

/ ˈsɔːˌtuːθ /

adjective

1. (of a waveform) having an amplitude that varies linearly with time between two values, the interval in one direction often being much greater than the other

2. having or generating such a waveform

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sawteeth
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sawtooth

First recorded in 1595–1605; saw ¹ + tooth

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sawtooth sawteeth

And “Everything,” co-produced by Italian duo Parisi, has the harsher sawtooth grind of contemporary EDM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

One can see that implied volatility increases into a spike and then plunges, creating a sawtooth pattern.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

The famous sawtooth neon Norms sign would have said Cane’s instead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024

Before long, those electronic textures seeped into her music, with bass drops and drum loops adding raw energy to her sawtooth guitar riffs.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024

But they were attacked by a monster with milk-blue eyes and sawtooth skin and teeth like spears jutting from its lower jaw.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Rugged ridges rose here and there, and seared crags split the sky like sharp sawteeth.

From Heritage of the Desert by Grey, Zane

At early dawn, lining the eastern horizon, are the soft pencils of bashful day over-topping the jagged sawteeth of the yet sleeping mountains, fifty or more miles away.

From Trail Tales by Gillilan, James David