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chain saw
1noun
- a power saw, usually portable, having teeth set on an endless chain.
chain-saw
2or chain·saw
[ cheyn-saw ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut or cut down (lumber, a tree, etc.) with a chain saw.
verb (used without object)
- to use a chain saw.
chain saw
noun
- a motor-driven saw, usually portable, in which the cutting teeth form links in a continuous chain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chain saw1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Origin of chain saw2
First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences
I think violence is such a part of him—in the way that he was watching The Texas Chain Saw Massacre before school as a kid.
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The headlines were gruesome: after shooting and killing him, she had used a chain saw to dismember his body.
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A neighbor also told police that Gerhartsreiter borrowed his chain saw and returned it in the spring of 1985.
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So we need more pressure on AQAP, but with a scalpel, not a chain saw.
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