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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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Dictionary Entry

frame saw

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/freym saw/

An old design of saw that used a relatively narrow blade, kept stiff by tension through the frame.

In a Sentence

“The carpenter used a frame saw to cut intricate curves in the wooden panel.”

Origin

Early 19th‑century woodworking tool.

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Synonyms

fretsawbucksawscroll saw

Antonyms

power sawband sawcircular saw

Related Words

framesawfretsawfret sawbucksawgangsawscroll sawscrollsawsawblade

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