What does jigsaw mean?

Definitions for jigsaw
ˈdʒɪgˌsɔjig·saw

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. saber saw, jigsaw, reciprocating sawnoun

    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

  2. jigsaw, scroll saw, fretsawnoun

    fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines

Wiktionary

  1. jigsawnoun

    A saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.

  2. jigsawnoun

    A jigsaw puzzle.

  3. jigsawverb

    To cut something using a jigsaw.

ChatGPT

  1. jigsaw

    A jigsaw is a puzzle consisting of many small, variously shaped pieces that, when properly assembled, form a particular picture or design. The term can also refer to a power tool with a reciprocating blade for making curvilinear cuts.

Wikidata

  1. Jigsaw

    A jigsaw is a tool used for cutting arbitrary curves, such as stenciled designs or other custom shapes, into a piece of wood, metal, or other material. It can be used in a more artistic fashion than other saws, which typically cut in straight lines only. In this way, it is similar to the rasp and the chisel. Although a jigsaw can be used to cut arbitrary patterns, making a straight cut freehand is difficult even with a guide. Traditional jigsaws are hand saws, consisting of a handle attached to a small, thin blade. The first jigsaw puzzles were made using this kind of unpowered saw. More modern jigsaws are power tools, made up of an electric motor and a reciprocating saw blade. A jigsaw with a bevel function on the sole plate allows cutting angles of typically up to 45 degrees relative to the normal vertical stroke for cutting miter joints. In the past, what are now usually called scroll saws were often referred to as jigsaws. A jigsaw may also be referred to, by some manufacturers, as a "bayonet saw" or sabre saw.

CrunchBase

  1. Jigsaw

    Jigsaw (http://www.jigsaw.com) is a leading provider of business information and data services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its global business-to-business community of 1.5 million members. Jigsaw gives individuals and companies access to business contact information for 24 million business professionals and profiles of 4 million companies. In addition to delivering low-cost and easy access to high-value business information for sales, marketing, recruiting and customer service, Jigsaw provides a variety of cloud-based data acquisition and management services. Founded in 2004, Jigsaw is located in San Mateo, Calif. and is a salesforce.com company.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jigsaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jigsaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of jigsaw in a Sentence

  1. Marianne Ailes:

    No two copies of a text in [a] manuscript are ever identical so each new find adds another piece to a jigsaw, which helps us understand how these texts were read and re-interpreted in the Middle Ages.

  2. David Greenwood:

    We could see the different layers of cells in a leaf fragment including the epidermis with the pores, called stomata, through which plants take in carbon dioxide, we could also see the surface patterning of the epidermis cells, which was like a jigsaw pattern that we see on many living ferns.

  3. Michael Burton:

    It’s a missing part of the jigsaw puzzle, which is the structure of our local universe, they have managed to pierce through it and complete the picture of what our part of the universe looks like.

  4. Macaulay Culkin:

    I’ve heard some. Oh, that I’m Jigsaw. That Kevin McCallister grew up to be Jigsaw from 'Saw,'.

  5. Gregory Morvillo:

    If I were to show you two pieces of a 200 piece jigsaw puzzle, wouldn't it be difficult to know what the picture in that puzzle was?

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    (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
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