noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.

   "He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring."

2. 2
   a mill for dressing logs and lumber wordnet
3. 3
   a large sawing machine wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To process (lumber) in a sawmill. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

More examples

"They floated the logs down the river to the sawmill."

Etymology

From saw + mill.

Related phrases

peckerwood sawmillsawmill gravy

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