sawmill en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From saw + mill.
Meanings
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A machine, building, or company used for cutting (milling) lumber or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.
The sawmill sells lumber to carpenters and sawdust to gardeners.
When I came to the saw-mill at Brække, the sky was overcast, it was already growing dark, only above the level of the north-western horizon there appeared a streak of light, which threw a subdued glimmer on the tranquil surface of the mill-pond.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152:He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.
The old sawmill still has its waterwheel but they took the saw away years ago.
My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sawmills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
peckerwood sawmill · sawmill gravy
Translations (63)
ota بچقیخانه (machine, building or company) · lb Seeërei (machine, building or company) · uk лісопи́лка (machine, building or company) · uk лісопи́льня (machine, building or company) · hu fűrész (machine, building or company) · fr scierie (machine, building or company) · pdt Soagmäl (machine, building or company) · mk пила́на (machine, building or company) · nb sagbruk (machine, building or company) · pl tartak (machine, building or company) · sk píla (machine, building or company) · ru лесопи́лка (machine, building or company) · uk тарта́к (machine, building or company) · lo ໂຮງເລື່ອຍ (machine, building or company) · fi saha (machine, building or company) · eo segejo (machine, building or company) · rue фірис (machine, building or company) · lv zāģētava (machine, building or company) · nv niʼiijíhí (machine, building or company) · be пі́льня (machine, building or company) · tr hızar (machine, building or company) · ar مَنْشَرَة (machine, building or company) · mi mira kani rākau (machine, building or company) · de Sägewerk (machine, building or company) · ca serradora (machine, building or company) · ja 製材所 (machine, building or company) · de Sägerei (machine, building or company) · gd muileann-sàbhaidh (machine, building or company) · tr bıçkıhane (machine, building or company) · be тарта́к (machine, building or company) · ko 제재소 (machine, building or company) · it segheria (machine, building or company) · pt serraria (machine, building or company) · th โรงเลื่อย (machine, building or company) · he מִנְסָרָה (machine, building or company) · da savværk (machine, building or company) · sh пила̀на (machine, building or company) · de Sägemühle (machine, building or company) · sl žaga (machine, building or company) · uk пи́льня (machine, building or company) · cs pila (machine, building or company) · bg дъскоре́зница (machine, building or company) · be лесапі́лка (machine, building or company) · vi xưởng cưa (machine, building or company) · nl houtzagerij (machine, building or company) · el πριστήριο (machine, building or company) · es aserradero (machine, building or company) · ru лесопи́льня (machine, building or company) · hu fűrészüzem (machine, building or company) · et saeveski (machine, building or company) · sv sågverk (machine, building or company) · hu fűrészmalom (machine, building or company) · nb sag (machine, building or company) · yo sọ́ọ́miìlì (machine, building or company) · cmn 鋸木廠 /锯木厂 (machine, building or company) · be лесапі́льня (machine, building or company) · ru лесопи́льный заво́д (machine, building or company) · ro gater (machine, building or company) · lt lentpjūvė (machine, building or company) · mn мод хөрөөдөх газар (machine, building or company) · chr ᎠᏒᏆᎶᏍᎩᎢ (machine, building or company) · vi nhà máy cưa (machine, building or company) · sh pilàna (machine, building or company)