sawn

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of cutting wood or other materials into pieces or slabs using a saw.

  - "He spent the afternoon sawing logs in his backyard."
  - "The carpenter used a circular saw to cut the wood."

• Noun

  A piece of wood, metal, or other material that has been cut using a saw.

  - "The sawmill produced thousands of sawn boards each day."
  - "The furniture was made from sawn oak."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sawn
pawn , awn , dawn , clown , lawn , mawn

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Variants

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saw , sawed , sawer , sawers , sawing , sawn , saws , sawn-off shotgun , band saw , band saws , band-saw , band-sawed , band-sawing , band-sawn , band-saws , bandsaw , bandsawed , bandsawing , bandsawn , bandsaws , saw at , sawed at , sawing at , sawn at , saws at , saw down , sawed down , sawing down , sawn down , saws down , saw up , sawed up , sawing up , sawn up , saws up

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Etymology

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Old English segan, from sawan ‘to cut’. Related to saw.

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Trivia

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1. The world's largest sawmill is located in Sweden and can process over 1 million cubic meters of wood per year.

2. The term 'sawed-off' is used to describe a shortened shotgun barrel.

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Related Concepts

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1. Sawmill: A facility where large quantities of wood are cut into lumber using a saw.

2. Sawtooth wave: A type of waveform with a triangular shape, resembling the teeth of a saw.

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Culture

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In literature, sawn is often used metaphorically to describe a situation or person that has been divided or fragmented. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the character Tom Buchanan is described as having a 'sawn-off morality'.

How to Memorize "sawn"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the action of sawing: imagine a saw moving back and forth through a piece of wood.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sawn' with the image of a saw and the sound of wood being cut.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the sentence: 'Saw is an acronym for Sawing And Wood'.

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