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Definition of "bandsaw" [bandsaw]

  • A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge. (noun)
  • To cut with a bandsaw. (verb)

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Use "bandsaw" in a sentence
  • "At the mill, the blades from the large and powerful bandsaws that first cut the logs would strike the spikes, sending deadly bits of splintered bandsaw blade flying around the mill floor."
  • "It would not be so fun if you went after a group of rioters with a bandsaw, for instance."
  • "Having grown up in Kansas, I agree with fellow Midwesterner Kurt Vonnegut lamented that our speech sounds like "a bandsaw hitting galvanized tin.""