Definitions for sawhorse

sawhorse saw·horse

Spelling: [saw-hawrs]
IPA: /ˈsɔˌhɔrs/

Sawhorse is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 269 anagrams from letters in sawhorse (aehorssw).

Definitions for sawhorse

noun

  1. a movable frame or trestle for supporting wood being sawed.

Origin of sawhorse

First recorded in 1770-80; saw1 + horse

Examples for sawhorse

"And the sawhorse couldn't hurt the Magician," declared that wooden animal.

Unharness the sawhorse, somebody; my fingers are too clumsy.

"I do not doubt it," the sawhorse observed, with a tone of pride.

In a few moments the three were inside, with a sawhorse against the door.

"Oh, I cannot hope ever to be like you," sighed the sawhorse.

"A sawhorse is a thing they saw boards on," remarked Jim, with a sniff.

It was an outdoor picnic then, with pecks and bushels dispatched at sawhorse tables.

But this sawhorse can trot as fast as you can, Jim; and he's very wise, too.

He's a sawhorse—he's as heavy in th' head as a bag of salt; he'll never do no good to nobody.

"You ought to break yourself of the habit," said the sawhorse.

Word Value for sawhorse
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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