folding saw

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   a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds)

   Broadersaw

Questions about folding saw

What does folding saw mean?

folding saw means "a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds)".

Is folding saw a common word?

folding 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.