Meaning

A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge..

Definitions by Sense

1. A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.
2. (often attributive) Something else that is shaped like such a tooth (for example, a roof or each peaked portion thereof; a curve or waveform on a graph).
3. A sawtooth wave.
4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.
5. (cellular automata) A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.
6. The military barracuda, Sphyraena putnamae.

Example Sentences

Holonyms: sawblade < saw

Word Forms

• sawteeth
• saw tooth
• sawtooths

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When Should You Use Sawtooth?

Use sawtooth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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