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BOW SAW

Specialty Definition: BOW SAW

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

A hand frame saw in which the narrow, striplike blade is fitted in a stiff bow-shaped frame and commonly used for felling small trees and crosscutting small logs. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Bow-shaped machine component on horizontal band and hacksawing machines for attaching and clamping the saw blades. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BOW SAW

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BOW SAW

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bow saw

28

bow saw and blade

3

30 blade bow saw

3

antique bow saw

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BOW SAW

Language Translations for "BOW SAW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

buesav, bue (arc, bow), bøjlesav, svejfsav, nedstryger (hack saw). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

boogzaag, beugelzaag, zaagbeugel (hacksaw), spanzaag (frame saw, gang saw, gate saw, sash gang-saw, sash saw). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sahan kaari (hacksaw), kaarisaha, kaari (arc, arch, bow, curve). (various references)

   

French

  

scie archet, scie arc, cadre de scie. (various references)

   

German

  

Bogensaege, Bogensäge, Sägebügel (hacksaw). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πριόνι με τόξο, Τοξοειδές πριόνι, τοξοειδές πριόνι. (various references)

   

Italian

  

segatrice ad arco, sega ad arco. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owbay awsay

   

Portuguese

  

serra de voltear, serra de arco (hacksaw), dispositivo de fixação da serra (hacksaw). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sierra de arco. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bågsåg (bucksaw, coping saw). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

лучкова пилка. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: BOW SAW

Misspellings

"BOW SAW" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bowsaw. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BOW SAW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-o-s-w-w"

-2 letters: abos, boas, bows, swab, swob, wabs, waws, wows.

-3 letters: abo, abs, bas, boa, bos, bow, sab, saw, sob, sow, wab, was, waw, wos, wow.

-4 letters: ab, as, aw, ba, bo, os, ow, so, wo.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-o-s-w-w"
 

+2 letters: washbowl.

 

+3 letters: washbowls.

 

+5 letters: swallowable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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