/saw"toohth'/ , n. , pl. sawteeth /-teeth'/ , adj.
n.
1. one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
2. any of the small parallel roof structures forming a sawtooth roof.
adj.
3. having a zigzag profile, similar to that of the cutting edge of a saw; sawtoothed; serrate: a sawtooth mountain range.
[ 1595-1605; SAW 1 + TOOTH ]