Definition of Hacksaw

1. Noun. Saw used with one hand for cutting metal.

Exact synonyms: Hack Saw, Metal Saw
Generic synonyms: Saw

Definition of Hacksaw

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

2. Verb. To cut with a hacksaw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hacksaw

1. to use a saw having a fine-toothed blade [v -SAWED, -SAWN, -SAWING, -SAWS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hacksaw

hackmatacks
hackmen
hackney
hackney cab
hackney cabs
hackney carriage
hackney coach
hackneyed
hackneying
hackneyman
hackneymen
hackneys
hackproof
hacks
hacks it
hacksaw (current term)
hacksawed
hacksawing
hacksawn
hacksaws
hackster
hacksters
hacktivism
hacktivist
hacktivists
hackwork
hackworks
hacky
hacky dorty
hacky sack

Literary usage of Hacksaw

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teacher's Handbook of Manual Training: Metal Work by J. S. Miller (1903)
"Let the boys examine the hacksaw and note that it is composed of a steel or ... hacksaw. blade is secured to the frame by means of a small hook bolt and ..."

2. Automobile Repairshop Short-cuts: Over 1500 Time and Labor-saving Kinks by Motor World (1918)
"1410—hacksaw STOCK REST When cutting off material in a hacksaw, or in working on a long bar of stock in the forge, it is necessary that some support be used ..."

3. Automobile Repairing Made Easy, Shop Methods, Equipment, Processes: A by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"hacksaw Blade Reflector Useful.—"When sawing metal with a hacksaw and trying to saw it to a line which has been scribed on the surface the task is found ..."

4. Teacher's Handbook of Manual Training: Metal Work by J. S. Miller (1903)
"Ask if any boy can say how the tube could be cut without the shape being altered: a hacksaw must be used. Let the boys examine the hacksaw and note that it ..."

5. Lathe Design, Construction and Operation, with Practical Examples of the by Charles Oscar Eugene Perrigo (1919)
"hacksaw Attachment for Lathes. IF the Lathe is purchased new, it will undoubtedly come crated up in a substantial manner with all auxiliary parts wrapped in ..."

6. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"Remedy for Slipping Cone Clutch A hacksaw and a little ingenuity helped an ... Support for Stock being Cut on Power hacksaw Cutting long material in a power ..."

7. Underground Transmission and Distribution for Electric Light and Power by Edward Bernard Meyer (1916)
"(g) hacksaw, frames used on cable work may be insulated in several ... A very satisfactory form of hacksaw frame is one made entirely of fiber, Fig. 101. ..."

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