band saw
noun
: a saw in the form of an endless steel belt running over pulleys
also : a power saw using this device usually with the blade in a vertical position
bandsaw
ˈban(d)-ˌsȯ 
transitive verb or band-saw
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The band saw Cutler holding the sign up in the crowd and brought her backstage. 
Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 1 July 2022 That allows the scanning technology to be available to consumer products companies, which previously relied on cutting items open with a band saw and putting pieces under the microscope to look for quality issues. Amy Feldman, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 The split logs were shuttled through the mill’s 40-inch band saw, each carefully positioned to ensure the cleanest possible cut. Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 Yet in all that darkness, the band saw cracks of hope — the stirring possibility that things could change. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022 Police said they were told by several people that the man had lost his arm in a band saw accident at AK Market, a general merchandise store, according to News Center Maine. Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022 Transfer the shape to the blanks [5] and cut to the line with a band saw. Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2021 Although Epstein was only thirty-two, the band saw him as a unifying, even paternal, figure. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 From this lens, the band saw a new opportunity to connect with their fans who were reluctant to go out and decided to pivot. Eric Fuller, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021 See More
Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 1 July 2022 That allows the scanning technology to be available to consumer products companies, which previously relied on cutting items open with a band saw and putting pieces under the microscope to look for quality issues. Amy Feldman, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 The split logs were shuttled through the mill’s 40-inch band saw, each carefully positioned to ensure the cleanest possible cut. Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 Yet in all that darkness, the band saw cracks of hope — the stirring possibility that things could change. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022 Police said they were told by several people that the man had lost his arm in a band saw accident at AK Market, a general merchandise store, according to News Center Maine. Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022 Transfer the shape to the blanks [5] and cut to the line with a band saw. Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2021 Although Epstein was only thirty-two, the band saw him as a unifying, even paternal, figure. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 From this lens, the band saw a new opportunity to connect with their fans who were reluctant to go out and decided to pivot. Eric Fuller, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above