PRUNING SAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pruning saw mean? 

• PRUNING SAW (noun)
  The noun PRUNING SAW has 1 sense:

1. a handsaw used for pruning trees

  Familiarity information: PRUNING SAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNING SAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A handsaw used for pruning trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pruning saw" is a kind of...):

carpenter's saw; hand saw; handsaw (a saw used with one hand for cutting wood)

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

lopper; pruner; pruning hook (a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees)