hacksaw

See also: hack saw

English

a hacksaw

Alternative forms

• hack saw

Etymology

hack +‎ saw. Attested since 1867.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hacksaw (plural hacksaws)

1. A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

Translations

saw

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: մետաղասղոց (hy) (metaġasġocʿ)
• Bulgarian: ножовка f (nožovka)
• Catalan: serra de metalls f, serra d'arc f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋼鋸／钢锯 (zh) (gāngjù)

• Dutch: beugelzaag (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: metalsegilo
• Finnish: rautasaha (fi), metallisaha
• French: scie à métaux (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Bügelsäge (de) f
• Greek: σιδηροπρίονο (el) n (sidiropríono)
• Hungarian: fémfűrész (hu)
• Italian: sega ad arco f, sega ad arco per metallo, seghetto ad arco m, seghetto per metalli m
• Japanese: 弓のこ (ゆみのこ, yuminoko)
• Khmer: រណារអារដែក (rɔnaa ’aa daek)
• Korean: 쇠톱 (soetop)
• Macedonian: бонсек m (bonsek)
• Plautdietsch: Iesasoag f
• Polish: piła do metalu f, piłka do metalu (pl) f
• Portuguese: arco de serra f, segueta (pt) f
• Romanian: bomfaier (ro)
• Russian: ножо́вка по мета́ллу f (nožóvka po metállu), слеса́рная ножо́вка f (slesárnaja nožóvka)
• Spanish: sierra para metales f
• Swedish: bågfil (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Verb

hacksaw (third-person singular simple present hacksaws, present participle hacksawing, simple past hacksawed, past participle hacksawed or hacksawn)

1. To cut with a hacksaw.

   This bolt is so rusted I'll have to hacksaw it off.

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