fretsaw

See also: fret saw

English

A fretsaw

Alternative forms

• fret saw

Etymology

From fret +‎ saw.

Noun

fretsaw (plural fretsaws)

1. A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.

Coordinate terms

• coping saw, a more rectangular version of a fretsaw
• scroll saw, the power version of a fretsaw

Translations

saw

• Catalan: serra de vogir d'arc f
• Danish: løvsav c
• Dutch: figuurzaag (nl) f
• Finnish: kuviosaha (fi)
• French: scie à chantourner (fr) f
• German: Laubsäge (de) f
• Hungarian: lombfűrész (hu)
• Italian: seghetto da traforo m
• Korean: 실톱 (ko) (siltop)
• Maori: kani whakaniko
• Polish: laubzega (pl) f, wyrzynarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: serra de rodear f
• Russian: ло́бзик (ru) m (lóbzik)
• Spanish: segueta (es) f
• Swedish: lövsåg (sv) c
• Thai: เลื่อยฉลุ
• Ukrainian: лобзик (uk) m (lobzyk)

Verb

fretsaw (third-person singular simple present fretsaws, present participle fretsawing, simple past fretsawed, past participle fretsawed or fretsawn)

1. To cut with a fretsaw.

Anagrams

• wafters