Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tooth of a saw.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.

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  • noun A cutting bit of a saw.
  • noun sawtooth wave

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a serration on a saw blade

Etymologies

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From saw +‎ tooth

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Examples

  • NATHAN BAKA (ph), KESQ CORRESPONDENT: We're live right here at Yucca Valley High School, the command post for hundreds of firefighters from all over southern California, here to fight a large complex of fires, now called the sawtooth complex of fires.

    CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2006 2006

  • If your sawtooth is a later sawtooth based model and supports a power supply of 237watts and you have nothing else in the machine that would take up a lot of the power from the power supply, then you should be ok.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2008

  • What makes Mr. Piano's new pavilion just north of the BCAM an obvious relation is the architect's use of fitted slabs of gray travertine for the exterior, a north-facing "sawtooth" roof (like those of old factories) configured to capture variably filtered daylight, and his attempt to jazz things up by painting attached structures a bright scarlet - orange, popularly called "Renzo red."

    Nice Wing, Pity About the Art David Littlejohn 2010

  • A graph of atmospheric carbon shows a clear "sawtooth" pattern with an annual cycle.

    The NYT is trying to take away our toilet paper! Ann Althouse 2009

  • The "sawtooth" metaphor occurs also in Spanish, since Sierra Nevada in Spanish means "Snowcovered Saw."

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 1 1989

  • "sawtooth" dock, where commercial vessels tie up for servicing.

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

  • "sawtooth" dock, where commercial vessels tie up for servicing.

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

  • "sawtooth" dock, where commercial vessels tie up for servicing.

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • "sawtooth" dock, where commercial vessels tie up for servicing.

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

  • "sawtooth" dock, where commercial vessels tie up for servicing.

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

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