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SAWBUCK
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Synonyms:
buck; horse; sawbuck; sawhorse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sawbuck" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sawbuck"):
trestle (sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop)