: having serrations : arranged or having parts arranged like the teeth of a saw
a sawtooth roof
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For instance, the Cowboy Label draws on American western wear from the 1940s and ‘50s and includes the brand’s best-selling sawtooth western shirt.
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2023
These greens are tender but their slender, sawtooth-edge leaves have a subtly bitter taste.
—Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2022
The cable has a sawtooth design with ribbing that helps stop annoying microphonic when the cables chafe.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
Among them: taking out a mezzanine level that cut through some of the more majestic double-height spaces and removing paint from the sawtooth skylights on the third floor that had been painted over during World War II — and never unpainted.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2023
These greens are tender but their slender, sawtooth-edge leaves have a subtly bitter taste.
—Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2022
The cable has a sawtooth design with ribbing that helps stop annoying microphonic when the cables chafe.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
Among them: taking out a mezzanine level that cut through some of the more majestic double-height spaces and removing paint from the sawtooth skylights on the third floor that had been painted over during World War II — and never unpainted.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
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“Sawtooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sawtooth. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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