different between mattress vs buzzsaw

English

Etymology

From Middle English materas, from Old French, from Arabic ???????? (ma?ra?, “place where something is thrown”), from ??????? (?ara?a, “to throw”). Compare divan, from Persian via Turkish (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæt??s/

Noun

mattress (plural mattresses)

1. A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
2. A form of retaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bottom sheet
• futon

Verb

mattress (third-person singular simple present mattresses, present participle mattressing, simple past and past participle mattressed)

1. (transitive) To cover with a thick layer, like a mattress; to blanket.
   • 1997, Andrew R. M. Patterson, A planet through a field of stars (page 123)

     A comfortable litter of pine needles had mattressed the ground and spreading branches had been a canopy overhead.

Anagrams

• smart set, smartest, smatters

English

Etymology

buzz +? saw

Noun

buzzsaw (plural buzzsaws)

1. A circular saw.
2. (slang) Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang) The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun.
4. (slang) A violently destructive attack.
5. One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly.

Verb

buzzsaw (third-person singular simple present buzzsaws, present participle buzzsawing, simple past and past participle buzzsawed)

1. (transitive) To cut with a circular saw.
2. (intransitive, colloquial) To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
3. (intransitive, colloquial) To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.