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saw⋅tooth

[saw-tooth] noun, plural -teeth [-teeth] , adjective
–noun
1. one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
2. any of the small parallel roof structures forming a sawtooth roof.
–adjective
3. having a zigzag profile, similar to that of the cutting edge of a saw; sawtoothed; serrate: a sawtooth mountain range.

Origin:
1595–1605; saw 1 + tooth
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saw-toothed   (sô'tōōtht')
adj.  
  1. Having teeth resembling the teeth of a saw: saw-toothed sharks.

  2. often saw·tooth (-tōōth') Having a jagged or zigzag pattern, outline, or course; serrate: a saw-toothed mountain range; a sawtooth curve.

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