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sawmill

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saw·mill  (sôml)
n.
1. A plant where timber is sawed into boards.
2. A large machine for sawing lumber.
sawmill [ˈsɔːˌmɪl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an industrial establishment where timber is sawn into planks, etc.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a large sawing machine
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sawmillsawmill - a large sawing machine              
power saw, sawing machine, saw - a power tool for cutting wood
2.sawmill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber
lumbermill
factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Translations
sawmill [ˈsɔːmɪl] N → aserradero m
sawmill [ˈsɔːmɪl] n → scierie f
sawmill [ˈsɔːˌmɪl] n → segheria
sawmill [ˈsɔːˌmɪl] n → segheria


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I landed below where I judged was Phelps's place, and hid my bundle in the woods, and then filled up the canoe with water, and loaded rocks into her and sunk her where I could find her again when I wanted her, about a quarter of a mile below a little steam sawmill that was on the bank.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
He was not of the Ned Winters family, who were very respectable people in Winesburg, but was one of the three sons of the old man called Wind- peter Winters who had a sawmill near Unionville, six miles away, and who was looked upon by every- one in Winesburg as a confirmed old reprobate.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
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