Home › Words › F › framesawframesawframesaw means A kind of saw consisting of a narrow flexible blade held under tension within a frame, used for cutting wood or stone.EtymologyFrom frame + saw.nounA kind of saw consisting of a narrow flexible blade held under tension within a frame, used for cutting wood or stone.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fretsaw 80% match — A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts. vs framesaw →bucksaw 69% match — A saw in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood. vs framesaw →bandsaw 65% match — A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge. vs framesaw →ripsaw 63% match — A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut. vs framesaw →backsaw 63% match — A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge. vs framesaw →woodsawyer 62% match — A sawyer; one who saws timber. vs framesaw →sawer 61% match — One who saws; a sawyer. vs framesaw →sawbuck 61% match — A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse. vs framesaw →