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jigsaw

[jig-saw]

noun

  1. Also jig saw an electric machine saw with a narrow blade mounted vertically in a frame, for cutting curves or other difficult lines or patterns.



verb (used with object)

jigsawed, jigsawed, jigsawn, jigsawing. 
  1. to cut or form with a jigsaw.

adjective

  1. formed by or as if by a jigsaw.

    jigsaw ornamentation.

jigsaw

/ ˈɪɡˌɔː /

noun

  1. a mechanical saw with a fine steel blade for cutting intricate curves in sheets of material

  2. See jigsaw puzzle

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of jigsaw1

First recorded in 1870–75; jig 2 + saw 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of jigsaw1

C19: from jig (to jerk up and down rapidly) + saw 1
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Then you have time to do things like read and solve jigsaw puzzles with friends, two hobbies Klein says she has taken up again recently in a conscious effort to disengage from her phone.

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Parents whose babies died under the care of maternity units in Nottingham have welcomed a corporate manslaughter investigation into an NHS trust but say it is just a "piece of the jigsaw".

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Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded an open verdict at an inquest into the deaths at Chelmsford Coroner's Court in 2014, adding: "Not all of the pieces of the jigsaw are there yet."

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The elections were only in England and at a UK-wide level the jigsaw is already much more complicated.

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"Safeguarding sandeel stocks is a key part of the jigsaw that will help set our puffins, kittiwakes and the wider marine environment on the path to recovery."

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