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buzz saws

buzz saws is the plural of buzz saw.

Meaning of buzz saw

Noun

buzz saw (plural buzz saws)

  1. A powerful, noisy, motorized saw, typically having a rotary blade with large teeth, sometimes portable and sometimes mounted into a table.
    • The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest.1905, Henry Adams, chapter 12, in The Education of Henry Adams
    Synonyms:
    circular saw
  2. A type of noisemaker in the form of a spinning disc spun on an untwisting string like a whirligig.

Questions about buzz saws

What is buzz saws the plural of?
Buzz saws is the plural of buzz saw.

Words near buzz saws in the dictionary

  1. buzz in
  2. Buzz Killington
  3. buzz off
  4. buzz pollination
  5. buzz saw
  6. buzz saws
  7. buzz score
  8. buzz session
  9. buzz sessions
  10. buzz track
  11. buzz tracks

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