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saw·mill

 (sô′mĭl′)
n.
1. A plant where timber is sawed into boards.
2. A large machine for sawing lumber.
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sawmill

(ˈsɔːˌmɪl)
n
1. (Forestry) an industrial establishment where timber is sawn into planks, etc
2. (Forestry) a large sawing machine
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saw•mill

(ˈsɔˌmɪl)

n.
a place or building in which timber is sawed into planks, boards, etc., by machinery.
[1545–55]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sawmill - a large sawing machinesawmill - a large sawing machine    
power saw, sawing machine, saw - a power tool for cutting wood
2.sawmill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber
factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
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Translations
متَعَلِّق بالمَنْشَرَهمَنْشَرَه
na pilepila
savværksavværksarbejder
fûrészmalom
sögunarverksmiîjastarfsmaîur í sögunarverksmiîju
na píle
bıçkı atelyesikereste fabrikası

sawmill

[ˈsɔːmɪl] Naserradero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sawmill

[ˈsɔːmɪl] nscierie f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sawmill

[ˈsɔːˌmɪl] nsegheria
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

saw2

(soː) noun
a tool for cutting, having a toothed edge. He used a saw to cut through the branch.
verbpast tense sawed: past participles sawn, ~sawed
to cut with a saw. He sawed the log in two.
ˈsawdust noun
a dust of tiny fragments of wood, made by sawing.
ˈsawmill noun
a place in which wood is mechanically sawn.
adjective
a sawmill worker.
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1966) has worked as an actor, director, forester, journalist, and sawmiller; he currently works for the New Zealand Film Commission in Wellington.
(8.) Gregory 1985a, 1985b, 1990, 1993a, 1993b, 1994; Isthmia V; Kardulias, Gregory, and Sawmiller 1995; Kardulias, Gregory, and Dann 1997; Rife 1999; also Dann and Yerkes 1994.