Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sawtooth

/ˈsɔːtuːθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: saw-tooth
IPA: /ˈsɔːtuːθ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.

noun

Something else that is shaped like such a tooth (for example, a roof or each peaked portion thereof; a curve or waveform on a graph).

noun

A sawtooth wave.

noun

Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.

noun

A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.

noun

The military barracuda, Sphyraena putnamae.

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: sawblade < saw"

Etymology

From saw + tooth.

Inflected Forms

sawteeth (plural) saw tooth (alternative) sawtooths (plural)

Derived Forms

sawtoothlike Sawtooths

Phrases

sawtooth coriander sawtooth goldenweed sawtooth kerb Sawtooth Mountains Sawtooth Range Sawtooth Ridge sawtooth roof sawtooth wave

Frequently Paired Words

sawback saw-tooth sawtoothed saw-toothed

Questions

How do you pronounce sawtooth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɔːtuːθ/.
What does sawtooth mean?: A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.
Where does sawtooth come from?: From saw + tooth.

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