chainsaw

See also: chain saw

English

A chainsaw being used on a small board

Alternative forms

• chain saw

Etymology

From chain +‎ saw due to the chain cutting mechanism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.ˌsɔː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.ˌsɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.ˌsɑ/

Noun

chainsaw (plural chainsaws)

1. (forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

   He used a chainsaw to cut through the fallen tree on the roadway.

Derived terms

• chainsaw consultant
• fuck me gently with a chainsaw

 

Translations

saw with a power-driven chain

• Armenian: բենզասղոց (benzasġocʿ)
• Belarusian: бензапіла́ f (bjenzapilá)
• Catalan: serra de cadena f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電鏈鋸／电链锯 (diànliànjù), 電鋸／电锯 (zh) (diànjù), 鏈鋸／链锯 (zh) (liànjù)

• Czech: řetězová pila f
• Danish: kædesav c, motorsav c
• Dutch: kettingzaag (nl) f
• Esperanto: motorsegilo
• Estonian: mootorsaag
• Faroese: ketusag f
• Finnish: moottorisaha (fi)
• French: tronçonneuse (fr) f, scie à chaîne (fr) (Quebec French)
• Galician: motoserra f
• Georgian: ბენზოხერხი (benzoxerxi), ჯაჭვური ხერხი (ǯač̣vuri xerxi)
• German: Kettensäge (de) f, Motorsäge (de) f, Motorfuchsschwanz m
• Greek: αλυσοπρίονο (el) n (alysopríono)
• Hungarian: láncfűrész (hu)
• Icelandic: keðjusög f
• Indonesian: gergaji rantai (id), gergaji listrik (id) (electric saw)
• Interlingua: motoserra
• Italian: motosega (it) f
• Japanese: チェーンソー (chēnsō), 鎖鋸 (くさりのこ, kusarinoko)
• Khmer: រណាយន្ត (rənaa yʊən), រណាច្រវាក់ (rənaa crɑvak)
• Korean: 체인톱 (cheintop)
• Latvian: motorzāģis m
• Luxembourgish: Motorsee f
• Macedonian: моторна пила́ f (motorna pilá)
• Mongolian: гинжит хөрөө (ginžit xöröö)
• Navajo: bee achʼiishí diitsʼaʼí
• Norman: scie à chaîne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motorsag (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: motorsag f

• Polish: piła łańcuchowa f, pilarka łańcuchowa
• Portuguese: motosserra f, motoserrote m, eletrosserra f
• Romanian: drujbă (ro) f
• Russian: бензопила́ (ru) f (benzopilá), цепна́я пила́ f (cepnája pilá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: motorna pila f

• Sicilian: motuserra f
• Slovak: reťazová píla f
• Slovene: motorka f
• Spanish: motosierra (es) f, sierra eléctrica (es) f, sierra de cadena f, motoserrucho (es) m
• Swedish: motorsåg (sv) c
• Thai: เลื่อยยนต์ (lʉ̂ai-yon)
• Turkish: motorlu testere, zincirli testere, hızar (tr)
• Ukrainian: бензопила́ f (benzopylá)
• Vietnamese: cưa máy, máy cưa xích
• Welsh: llif gadwyn f

Verb

chainsaw (third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past chainsawed, past participle chainsawed or chainsawn)

1. (transitive, forestry, DIY) To cut with a chainsaw.
   • 2009 September 9, Mike Funston, “Mississauga pulls green thorn from its paw”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     She and Barber once stopped a developer from chainsawing mature trees on Mississauga Rd. by standing in front of them.