cutoff saw

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscrosscut sawcrosscut handsaw

   Broaderhandsaw

Questions about cutoff saw

What does cutoff saw mean?

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

What is another word for cutoff saw?

Close synonyms include crosscut saw, crosscut handsaw. 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 cutoff saw a common word?

cutoff 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.