noun
a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle
• Syn: ↑circular saw
• Hypernyms: ↑power saw, ↑saw, ↑sawing machine
• Hyponyms: ↑portable circular saw, ↑portable saw, ↑table saw
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a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
[1855-60, Amer.]
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buzz saw noun (N American)
A circular saw
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Main Entry: ↑buzz
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an electric tool for cutting materials such as wood and metal. It has a round blade that goes around at high speed.
Thesaurus: general hand toolshyponym
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buzz saw,
= circular saw. (Cf. ↑circular saw)
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n. another term for circular saw
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noun, pl ⋯ saws [count]
US : ↑circular saw
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= ↑circular saw
Useful english dictionary. 2012.