Sawhorse
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noun.
A frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood being sawed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A support or rack for holding wood while it is cut by a wood-saw. Also called
sawbuck
or
buck.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also
buck
, and
sawbuck
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A device used to temporarily raise and
support
pieces
of material (for example, timber), especially during
cutting
with a
saw
or similar device.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Word Usage
""A sawhorse is a thing they saw boards on," remarked Jim, with a sniff."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
framework
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
trestle
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Synonym
Words with the same meaning
saw-stool
sawbuck
variant
buck
sawbuck