Definition of SAWTOOTH

sawtooth

Meanings

Plural: sawteeth, sawtooths

Noun

  • a serration on a saw blade
  • A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.
  • A sawtooth wave.
  • Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.
  • A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.

Origin / Etymology

From saw + tooth.

Scrabble Score: 14

sawtooth is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sawtooth is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sawtooth is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

sawtooth is a valid Words With Friends word