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chain·saw

or chain saw (chān′sô′)

A portable power saw with teeth linked to form a loop of chain.

chain′saw′, chain′-saw′ v.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

chain saw

1. (Tools) a motor-driven saw, usually portable, in which the cutting teeth form links in a continuous chain

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chain′ saw`

a usu. portable power saw having teeth set on an endless chain.

[1840–50, Amer.]

chain′-saw`, v.t., v.i.

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Noun

chain saw - portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain

chainsaw

power saw, sawing machine, saw - a power tool for cutting wood

Translations

chain saw

n → motosega

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