crosscut saw

1. 1.

   handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)

   Synonymscrosscut handsawcutoff saw

   Broaderhandsaw

Questions about crosscut saw

What does crosscut saw mean?

crosscut saw means "handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)".

What is another word for crosscut saw?

Close synonyms include crosscut handsaw, cutoff saw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crosscut saw a common word?

crosscut saw is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.