sawtooth

[ saw-tooth ]
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noun,plural saw·teeth [saw-teeth]. /ˈsɔˌtiθ/.
  1. one of the cutting teeth of a saw.

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

adjective
  1. having a zigzag profile, similar to that of the cutting edge of a saw; sawtoothed; serrate: a sawtooth mountain range.

Origin of sawtooth

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; saw1 + tooth

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How to use sawtooth in a sentence

  • As to the sawtooth, forty thousand acres comprised their holdings under patents, deeds and long-time leases from the government.

    The Quirt | B.M. Bower
  • It had grown to be second nature,—and it had made him a good man for the sawtooth Cattle Company to have on its pay roll.

    The Quirt | B.M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for sawtooth

sawtooth

/ (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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