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lumbermill

lumbermill

5.5
A building where workers cut logs into boards and planks
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌmbərˌmɪl/
  • US
translation icon : aserradero
  • The local lumbermill processes logs into high-quality timber for construction.

Examples

  • I'm going to leave most of it to... well, to the nation, really, for a park... where no lumbermill will cut down all the trees for houses with leaky roofs.

    McLintock! (1963)

  • My wife's father died and left her a narrow-Gauge railway, lumbermill, and, uh...

    The Thin Man (1934)

  • The boy was a regular lumbermill with his log sawing, his snores as loud and deep as those of an old man.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • After the storm, the lumbermill was busy repairing its machinery to resume operations.

  • Many towns were built around the lumbermill because it provided jobs and materials for the community.

Synonyms

mill
vslumbermill
171 2.3

A building where things are made or raw materials are processed

focuses specifically on converting logs into lumber rather than general processing
sawmill
vslumbermill
20 3.5

A building with large machines that cut logs into boards

processes logs into lumber in various ways rather than only by sawing

How Big

lumbermill
  • US
5.5
sawmill
20 3.5
workshop
61 2.3

Surface Forms

lumbermill singular
lumbermills plural

Etymology

Lumbermill comes from two simple words: lumber ('wood for building') and mill ('a machine or building that works on things', as in windmill). So a lumbermill is a place where logs are cut and turned into boards and other building wood.