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Meanings of jigsaw in English

Catalan
serra de vogir

Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines.

serra de vogir
Russian
групповой пазл

Teaching method.

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групповой пазл
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Examples for "fretsaw"
Examples for "fretsaw"
1
Using a fine fretsaw, she turns them into something of decorative, jewel-functioning worth.
The Irish Times
2
One morning an angry country woman sawed off her chickens' beaks with a fretsaw.
Conquest of the Useless
3
His idea of relaxation is working with his fretsaw.
Metamorphosis
1
In one corner stood a scroll saw, now not very often used.
Dorian
2
The curved edges of each are cut with a scroll saw.
The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academ...
3
The first test for the scroll saw was pinewood derby cars back in February.
Wired
4
L. A. Potter, Saginaw City, Mich., a foot-power scroll saw with patterns, etc., for type.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
5
Then came some basic puzzles and ornaments, as I worked my way through a basic scroll saw workbook.
Wired

A portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut.

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A game where a person or group of people are to reconstruct an image that has been cut into many interlocking pieces.

Usage of jigsaw in English
1
The answer, she says, is simple: You want to solve the jigsaw.
Radio NZ
2
They'd need someone good at jigsaw puzzles to put them back together.
Proven guilty
3
Certainly more serious than a few missing pieces in a jigsaw puzzle.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
4
Do I sense a metaphor in that brandished jigsaw puzzle of Ireland?
The Irish Times
5
It's just a question of putting the pieces of the jigsaw together.
The Irish Times
6
The stained-glass windows cast a jigsaw of colors onto the stone floor.
A beautiful place to die
7
Numerous players place pieces in the jigsaw puzzle until a picture emerges.
Break No Bones
8
It skittered across the glass floor, now a cracked and scattered jigsaw.
Map of bones
9
Mackie's left hand whirred down, vibrating like the blade of a jigsaw.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
10
But these customs, these laws of the people, are a fragmented jigsaw.
The Rational Optimist
11
It was very challenging, it was a bit of a jigsaw puzzle.
Radio NZ
12
The admission, the final piece to my jigsaw, had slipped out easily.
Altered carbon
13
Tipperary, meanwhile, are trying to fit together random pieces of a jigsaw.
The Irish Times
14
It fit there perfectly, like the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
Mysterious Skin
15
A jigsaw puzzle lay half done on a table near the window.
Ancient shores
16
You'll find this sort of thing is a devil of a jigsaw.
The Place Beyond the Winds
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Jigsaw across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common