HANDSAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handsaw mean? 

• HANDSAW (noun)
  The noun HANDSAW has 1 sense:

1. a saw used with one hand for cutting wood

  Familiarity information: HANDSAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDSAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A saw used with one hand for cutting wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpenter's saw; hand saw; handsaw

Hypernyms ("handsaw" is a kind of...):

saw (hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handsaw"):

back saw; backsaw (a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge)

compass saw (a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves)

coping saw (a handsaw with a taut thin blade; used for cutting small curves in wood)

crosscut handsaw; crosscut saw; cutoff saw (handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis))

keyhole saw (a handsaw with a long narrow blade for cutting short radius curves; similar to a compass saw)

pruning saw (a handsaw used for pruning trees)

ripsaw; splitsaw (a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood)