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A wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: miter box
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hand tool
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
што́слад
(štóslad)
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Czech:
pokosnice
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Dutch:
verstekbak
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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French:
boîte à onglets
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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German:
Schneidlade
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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German:
Gehrungsschneidlade
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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German:
Gehrlade
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Norwegian:
gjæringskasse
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Norwegian:
gjærkasse
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Norwegian:
gjærekasse
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Polish:
przyrżnia
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Polish:
skrzynka uciosowa
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Polish:
pudełko uciosowe
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Portuguese:
caixa de esquadria
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Russian:
стусло
(stuslo)
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Spanish:
caja de ingletes
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Swedish:
geringslåda
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
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Ukrainian:
навскісник
(navskisnyk)
— wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts
