hacksaw

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English

a hacksaw

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• hack saw

Noun

hacksaw (plural hacksaws)

1. A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

Translations

saw

Chinese: Mandarin: 鋼鋸 (cmn), 钢锯 (cmn) (gāngjù) Finnish: rautasaha, metallisaha French: scie à métaux Italian: seghetto per metalli

Portuguese: serra de arco (pt) f., serra tico-tico (pt) f. Romanian: bomfaier (ro) Russian: ножовка по металлу /nožóvka po m'etállu/ Swedish: bågfil (sv) c.

Verb

hacksaw (third-person singular simple present hacksaws, present participle hacksawing, simple past and past participle hacksawed)

1. To cut with a hacksaw.

   This bolt is so rusted I'll have to hacksaw it off.