sawman
6.1
A person who uses a saw in a sawmill or when cutting trees
- noun
- /ˈsɔːˌmæn/
:
aserrador
- On weekends, the sawman helped his father at the local sawmill, learning the trade.
Examples
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As a sawman, he was responsible for ensuring the safety of everyone in the logging area.
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The sawman carefully operated the large machine to slice the timber into planks.
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So a sawman was cutting wood by the saw.
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The monkey's business was not to imitate the sawman, but he wanted to imitate.
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Synonyms
sawyer
vssawman
1
7.9
A person who cuts wood with a saw as a job
operates cutting machinery mainly in mills or during logging
How Skilled
sawman
6.1
to apprentice
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4.1
8
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sawman comes from two simple parts: saw (to 'cut') and man ('person'). So a sawman is literally a person who operates a saw to cut wood, which is why it means someone who works at a sawmill or during logging.