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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.

Related terms
групповой пазл

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.

Synonyms
Examples for "saber saw"
Examples for "saber saw"
1
Without a blade in the saw, set the saber saw against the inside top of the keg.
Building homebrew equipment
2
As one, the swarm lifted off the glass and with wings vibrating furiously, fell into their infamous saber saw formation.
Jitterbug Perfume
1
We got a cabinet full of reciprocating saws in case we gotta cut fenders off.
Wired
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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Translations for jigsaw
Jigsaw through the time
Jigsaw across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common