What does saw-toothed mean?
Saw-toothed means Having a jagged edge like a saw..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having a jagged edge like a saw..
But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh.
[…] everywhere between the poplar stems the saw-toothed outline of the western forts cuts the blue sky.
Craning our necks, we could see that what we had taken for the shore-line on that side was actually a high, thin, saw-toothed ledge of rock […]
To the south the landscape changes and the gradient profile immediately becomes saw-toothed, as the line rises and falls with the rolling undulations of this rich farming countryside; [...].
Hours later, having brought in the yellow raft laden with supplies to the green shore, then hidden them in the saw-toothed tall grass, an exhausted Cohn followed Buz into the forest.
Use saw-toothed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Saw-toothed means Having a jagged edge like a saw..
Common synonyms include saw-tooth, jaggy, serrated, rough.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh.
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