hand saw

1. 1.

   a saw used with one hand for cutting wood

   Synonymshandsawcarpenter's saw

   Broadersaw

   Narrowerbacksawcompass sawcoping sawcrosscut sawkeyhole sawpruning sawripsaw

Questions about hand saw

What does hand saw mean?

hand saw means "a saw used with one hand for cutting wood".

What is another word for hand saw?

Close synonyms include handsaw, carpenter's 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 hand saw a common word?

hand saw is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.