sawtooth
/ˈsɔˌtuθ/
adjective
- Having a shape or edge like the teeth of a saw; jagged.
- The sawtooth waveform is common in electronic signals.
- The sawtooth edge of the knife made it perfect for cutting bread.
- They hiked along a sawtooth ridge with steep drops on both sides.
Antonyms
noun
- One of the sharp, pointed teeth on the blade of a saw.
- He ran his finger lightly over the sawteeth to check their sharpness.
- The old blade had a few broken sawteeth that needed replacing.
- Each sawtooth was carefully sharpened to make cutting easier.
- A shape or pattern that resembles the teeth of a saw, with sharp points and steep slopes.
- The graph showed a sawtooth pattern, rising and falling sharply.
- The artist painted a border with a sawtooth design around the frame.
- The mountain range had a dramatic sawtooth profile against the sky.