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sawback en · NOUN

Etymology

From saw + back.

Meanings

  1. (attributive, often) A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect) that is a saw or is sawlike in form, as: ▸ A ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.
    • Holonym: sierra
  2. (attributive, often) A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect) that is a saw or is sawlike in form, as: ▸ A knife, often a machete, whose spine has sawteeth.
    • sawback knife   sawback machete

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Relateds

sawlike · sawtooth · sawtoothed · saw-tooth · serrated · saw-edged · Montserrat · serration · saw-toothed