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Circular Saw

Definition: Circular Saw

Circular Saw

Noun

1. A power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Circular Saw

Synonym: buzz saw (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Circular Saw

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disjunction

Dissection anatomy; decomposition; cutting instrument; (sharpness); buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Circular Saw

English words defined with "circular saw": Buzzsawportable sawSaw bench, Saw mandrel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "circular saw": ASSEMBLER, PIANObackkick, band-saw operator, barking saw, board splitter, bolt sawyer, breaker operator, BUZZSAW-OPERATOR HELPERcask maker, CHAIR INSPECTOR AND LEVELER, CHUCKING-AND-SAWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, CIRCULAR SAW OPERATOR, circular-saw operator, circular-sawn, CIRCULAR-SAWYER HELPER, combination-saw operator, conical saw, cordwood-cutter helper, CORE-CUTTER AND REAMER, cut-off saw, CUT-OFF SAW TENDER, METAL, CUT-OFF-SAW OPERATOR II, CUT-OFF-SAW OPERATOR, METALdiamond-tooth saw, docking saw, double-conical saw, double-swage saw, double-swage-set saw, drunken sawfacer operatorgoose sawhack-saw operator, HOGSHEAD COOPER IINSULATION CUTTER AND FORMERknee bolterlog-cleaner saw, LOG-CUT-OFF SAWYER, AUTOMATICnicker and breakerpeg saw, peg-tooth saw, pendulum saw, PLANER OPERATOR, planing machine operator, plate sawing, POLYSILICON PREPARATION WORKER, power-saw operatorradial saw, radial-arm saw, RADIAL-ARM-SAW OPERATOR, RAW SAMPLER, riving knife, rock saw, ROD-PULLER AND COILERsample carrier, SAWYER II, SAWYER, CORK SLABS, short-log-bolter operator, single tooth, SINK CUTTER, slitting disk, SMOKING-PIPE DRILLER AND THREADER, splitting saw, spreader wheel, straight-slicing-machine operator, swing saw, swinging crosscut sawtaper-ground saw, taper-saw, TESTER OPERATORuniversal saw, universal-saw operatorVARIETY-SAW OPERATOR, VENEER-SLICING-MACHINE OPERATORwobble saw. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Circular Saw

DomainTitle

Books

  • Increase in the duty on circular saw blades, tipped with tungsten carbide, of a diameter not exceeding 600 mm (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • DeWalt DW364K 7-1/4" Heavy Duty Circular Saw with Electric Brake and Rear Pivot Depth of Cut Adjustment with Kit Box (reference)

  • DeWalt DW364 7-1/4" Heavy Duty Circular Saw with Electric Brake and Rear Pivot Depth of Cut Adjustment (reference)

  • Makita 5057KBX 7-1/4" Circular Saw with Dust Collector includes FREE Fibre-Cement Blade a $69.99 Value (reference)

  • Milwaukee 6394-21 7-1/4" Circular Saw with Quik-Lok Cord, Brake and Case--plus Free Football, a $19.99 Value (reference)

  • DeWalt DW369CSK Heavy Duty 7-1/4" Lightweight Circular Saw with Durable Table Kit (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Circular Saw

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Photo Album: Circular Saw

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Member of House of David using circular saw, Benton Harbor, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sawing shingles by means of circular saw, Jefferson, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Adjusting circular saw, Southern Paper Mill construction carpenter shop, Lufkin, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Number of planks obtained from log using circular saw. Otsego County, New York. Exhibit at Cooperstown, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sighting a circular saw blade at country sawmill near Omaha, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Circular 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

circular saw

232

circular saw blade

75

cordless circular saw

36

dewalt circular saw

30

circular saw review

21

black decker circular saw

16

makita circular saw

12

milwaukee circular saw

11

circular saw jig

10

circular saw table

8

skil circular saw

8

porter cable circular saw

7

craftsman circular saw

7

black and decker cordless circular saw

6

circular saw use

5

build circular saw table

4

blade circular saw sharpen

3

corded circular saw

3

10 inch circular saw

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

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Modern Translation: Circular Saw

Language Translations for "circular saw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

sharrë disk. (various references)

   

Czech

  

cirkulárka. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Doyen's sav (Doyen circular saw). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schedelzaag van Doyen (Doyen circular saw). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sirkkelisaha. (various references)

   

French

  

canotier. (various references)

   

German

  

kreissäge (boater). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πριόνι για τρυπανισμό του Doyen (Doyen circular saw). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

körfűrész (buzz saw, disk saw). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sega circolare. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

丸鋸 (buzz saw). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まるの" (buzz saw). (various references)

   

Manx

  

saaue runt, saaue kiarkylagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ircularcay awsay

   

Portuguese

  

serra circular (ripper). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

круговая пила, круглая/циркульная пила. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

cirkular. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sierra circular (buzz saw). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

cirkelsåg. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yuvarlak testere, ayna testere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Circular Saw

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-r-r-s-u-w"

-2 letters: circulars.

-3 letters: accruals, acicular, aciculas, caraculs, circular, railcars, saccular.

-4 letters: accrual, accusal, acicula, alcaics, calcars, caracul, cicalas, crucial, curaras, curaris, railcar, ricracs, sacculi, scurril, uracils.

-5 letters: acarus, alcaic, aswirl, calcar, casual, caulis, causal, cicala, circus, cirrus, craals, crawls, crural, curara, curari, curial, lascar, lauras, racial, rascal, ricrac, sacral, scalar, scrawl, uracil, uraris, urials, walrus.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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