scroll saw

1. 1.

   fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines

   Synonymsjigsawfretsaw

   Broaderpower saw

Questions about scroll saw

What does scroll saw mean?

scroll saw means "fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines".

What is another word for scroll saw?

Close synonyms include jigsaw, fretsaw. 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 scroll saw a common word?

scroll 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.