Phrase guide

circular saw

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A power saw with a circular cutting blade, whose teeth rotate rapidly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buzz saw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: power saw, saw, sawing machine

Narrower terms: portable circular saw, portable saw, table saw

History

Etymology

1810-1820 Massachusetts

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِنْشَار دَائِرِيّ (minšār dāʔiriyy) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Armenian: սկավառակային սղոց (skavaṙakayin sġocʻ) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Catalan: serra circular — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓鋸 /圆锯 (yuánjū) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Czech: kotoučová pila — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Czech: cirkulárka — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Danish: rundsav — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Dutch: cirkelzaag — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Finnish: sirkkeli — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Finnish: pyörösaha — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • French: scie circulaire — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Galician: serra circular — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • German: Kreissäge — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Greek: δισκοπρίονο (diskopríono) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Icelandic: hjólsög — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Irish: sábh ciorclach — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Italian: sega circolare — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Japanese: 丸鋸 (marunoko) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Korean: 원형 톱날 (wonhyeong tomnal) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Korean: 원형 톱 (wonhyeong top) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Mongolian: дугуй хөрөө (duguj xöröö) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sirkelsag — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sirkelsag — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Polish: piła tarczowa — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Polish: cyrkularka — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Portuguese: serra circular — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Romanian: ferăstrău circular — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Russian: кру́глая пила́ (krúglaja pilá) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Russian: циркуля́рная пила́ (cirkuljárnaja pilá) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Russian: круглопи́льный стано́к (kruglopílʹnyj stanók) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Russian: ди́сковая пила́ (dískovaja pilá) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Serbo-Croatian: циркулар (cirkular) — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Slovak: cirkulár — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Spanish: sierra circular — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Swedish: cirkelsåg — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Tagalog: lagaring-bilog — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Thai: เลื่อยวงเดือน — a power saw with a circular cutting blade
  • Welsh: llif gron — a power saw with a circular cutting blade