saw wood

1. 1.

   breathe noisily during one's sleep

   “she complained that her husband snores”

   Synonymssnoresaw logs

   Broaderbreathe

Questions about saw wood

What does saw wood mean?

saw wood means "breathe noisily during one's sleep".

What is another word for saw wood?

Close synonyms include snore, saw logs. 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 saw wood a common word?

saw wood 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.