Definition of "table saw" [table saw]

• A circular saw mounted beneath the surface of a table, the rotating blade protruding up through a slot. (noun)

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• "As the people at the table saw that Rubashov either was not in a communicative mood, or had reasons not to be, they did not ask him many questions; and those which they did ask referred to the material conditions of life "over there", the wages, the land problem, the development of industry."
• "Inspired by the coop design in Nick Park’s animated film Chicken Run, I am using the table saw to mill one-eighth-inch plywood into strips to make toeholds for the door ramp when I inadvertently cut my pinkie at the second knuckle."