1. plural of sawtooth; the sharp, triangular projections along the cutting edge of a saw
2. things resembling the triangular teeth of a saw in shape or pattern

Examples

• The carpenter sharpened the sawteeth before cutting the lumber.
• Several sawteeth were broken after hitting a nail in the wood.
• The mountain ridge had a distinctive sawteeth silhouette against the sky.
• The fabric was cut with a decorative sawteeth edge.
• He counted twelve sawteeth along the blade’s cutting surface.
• The graph showed a sawteeth pattern of rising and falling values.