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sawmill

sawmill

20 3.5
A building with large machines that cut logs into boards
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔːˌmɪl/
translation icon : aserradero
  • The sawmill uses large saws to cut logs into lumber for construction.
  • sawmill workers
  • sawmill had closed
  • operates five sawmills

After we got comfortable with the chainsaws, it was time to use the big band sawmill.

Examples

  • A mill operator reported that a high-speed, high-production sawmill costs $30 to $50.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The sawmill is the pulse and heartbeat of the town of Loyalton.

    Beyond the Forest (1949)

  • The actual sawmill is on the other side of the lake.

    The Suite Life Movie (2011)

  • By the farm and sawmill.

    Boy Interrupted (2009)

  • A furniture factory and a sawmill are at the same site.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The firm operates five sawmills, four in West Virginia and another in Kentucky.

    Academic text (1996)

  • We found two illegal sawmills fresh from use and trees on the ground felled by loggers.

  • Leetha went first to the sawmill shack beyond the cut-over pine woods.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I manipulated an order for more lumber from the MacSwaine sawmill and chatted with Jacob about crops.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Judiciously using their annuities, the Choctaws invested in schools, sawmills, and blacksmith shops.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

factory
vssawmill
869 1.0

A building where people make goods using machines

is about cutting wood into lumber with saws, not general machine manufacturing
mill
vssawmill
171 2.3

A building where things are made or raw materials are processed

focuses on cutting wood into boards using large saws rather than general processing
lumbermill
vssawmill
  • US
5.5

A building where workers cut logs into boards and planks

uses large saws to cut wood specifically into lumber

How Big

lumbermill
  • US
5.5
sawmill
20 3.5
workshop
61 2.3

Surface Forms

sawmill singular
sawmills plural

Morphology

sawmill = saw + mill (transparent) = saw + mill

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'saw' and 'mill', clearly indicating a place where wood is sawn/processed.

Etymology

Sawmill is made of two simple parts: saw meaning 'a tool for cutting wood', and mill meaning 'a place that processes materials', as in windmill for grain. So a sawmill is the place where logs are cut into boards.