band saw

noun

: a saw in the form of an endless steel belt running over pulleys
also : a power saw using this device usually with the blade in a vertical position
bandsaw
ˈban(d)-ˌsȯ How to pronounce band saw (audio)
transitive verb
or band-saw

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The scientists cut open one of his eight-foot-long tusks with a huge band saw. — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024 The band saw some of its shows cancelled following the terror charge. — Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 3 July 2025 Most of these pristine hailstones go directly to a cold lab in Colorado, where they are sliced with a hot wire band saw. — Seth Borenstein, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025 At the Union the meat is still cut in-house and aged on a band saw, a practice Boyd says has all but disappeared elsewhere. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for band saw

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of band saw was in 1856

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band saw

noun
: a saw in the form of a continuous steel band running over pulleys

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