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sawtooth

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsɔːtuːθ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonyms: sawblade < saw

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Something else that is shaped like such a tooth (for example, a roof or each peaked portion thereof; a curve or waveform on a graph).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, often

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A sawtooth wave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The military barracuda, Sphyraena putnamae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

a serration on a saw blade

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: serration

History

Etymology

From saw + tooth.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 鋸齒 /锯齿 (goe3 ci2) — cutting bit of a saw
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋸齒 /锯齿 (jùchǐ) — cutting bit of a saw
  • Dutch: zaagtand — cutting bit of a saw
  • Faroese: sagtonn — cutting bit of a saw
  • Faroese: sagartonn — cutting bit of a saw
  • Finnish: sahanhammas — cutting bit of a saw
  • French: dent de scie — cutting bit of a saw
  • German: Sägezahn — cutting bit of a saw
  • Japanese: のこぎり歯 (nokogiri ha) — cutting bit of a saw
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sagtann — cutting bit of a saw
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sagtann — cutting bit of a saw
  • Russian: зуб пилы́ (zub pilý) — cutting bit of a saw
  • Swedish: sågtand — cutting bit of a saw
  • Turkish: diş — cutting bit of a saw