chainsaw

Wikipedia

English

A chainsaw

Alternative forms

• chain saw

Etymology

From chain +‎ saw due to the chain cutting mechanism.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʧeɪnˌsɑʊ/

Noun

chainsaw (plural chainsaws)

1. A saw that has a power driven and fast revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

   He used a chainsaw to cut through the fallen tree on the roadway.

Translations

saw with a power driven chain

Chinese: Mandarin: 電鏈鋸 (zh), 电链锯 (zh) (diànliànjù), 電鋸 (zh), 电锯 (zh) (diànjù), 鏈鋸 (zh), 链锯 (zh) (liànjù) Czech: řetězová pila (cs) f. Dutch: kettingzaag f. Estonian: mootorsaag Finnish: moottorisaha (fi) French: tronçonneuse (fr) f. German: Kettensäge (de) f. Greek: αλυσοπρίονο (el) (alysopríono) n. Hungarian: láncfűrész (hu) Icelandic: keðjusög (is) f. Indonesian: gergaji rantai (id), gergaji listrik (id) (electric saw)

Interlingua: chainsaw Italian: motosega (it) f. Japanese: チェーンソー (ja) (chēnsō) Latvian: motorzāģis m. Macedonian: моторна пила (mk) (mótorna pilá) f. Norwegian: motorsag (no) m. and f. Polish: piła łańcuchowa Portuguese: motosserra f. Russian: бензопила (ru) (benzopilá) f., цепная пила (ru) (cepnája pilá) f. Slovak: reťazová píla (sk) f. Slovene: motorka (sl) f. Spanish: motosierra (es) f., sierra eléctrica (es) f., sierra de cadena (es) f. Swedish: motorsåg (sv) c.

Verb

chainsaw (third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past and past participle chainsawed)

1. to cut with a chainsaw
   • 2009 September 9, Mike Funston, “Mississauga pulls green thorn from its paw”, Toronto Star:

     She and Barber once stopped a developer from chainsawing mature trees on Mississauga Rd. by standing in front of them.