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jigsaw
[jig-saw]
noun
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)
to cut or form with a jigsaw.
adjective
formed by or as if by a jigsaw.
jigsaw ornamentation.
jigsaw
/ ˈɪɡˌɔː /
noun
a mechanical saw with a fine steel blade for cutting intricate curves in sheets of material
See jigsaw puzzle
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jigsaw1
Example Sentences
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.
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".
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."
The elections were only in England and at a UK-wide level the jigsaw is already much more complicated.
"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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