English Explanatory Dictionary

sawback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

sawback sawbacks

Etymology

From saw + back.

Related words

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