sawmill

[ saw-mil ]

noun

1. a place or building in which timber is sawed saw into planks, boards, etc., by machinery.

sawmill

/ ˈsɔːˌmɪl /

noun

1. an industrial establishment where timber is sawn into planks, etc
2. a large sawing machine

Word History and Origins

Origin of sawmill¹

First recorded in 1545–55; saw ¹ + mill ¹

Example Sentences

Kandy Fuelling learned that all too well after being gravely injured in 2015 while assigned to work at a Colorado sawmill.

From Seattle Times

Prisoners work in poultry plants, sawmills and in industrial factories.

From Seattle Times

Nor did he have the money to carry out a replanting operation, since growing for timber wouldn’t pay for itself; most of the nearby sawmills had shut down long ago anyway.

From New York Times

He also remembers the wonderful French dip sandwiches near his father’s engineering firm in the Ballard Building, and a machine that took quarters and dispensed Pres-to-Logs, a sawmill byproduct.

From Seattle Times

But it told Panorama that 77% of the material for its Canadian wood pellets came from sawdust and sawmill residues, with the rest coming from forestry residues and low-grade logs.

From BBC