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SAWHORSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sawhorse mean?
• SAWHORSE (noun)
The noun SAWHORSE has 1 sense:
1. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Familiarity information: SAWHORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
buck; horse; sawbuck; sawhorse
Hypernyms ("sawhorse" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sawhorse"):
trestle (sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop)
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