sawmill
A machine, building, or company used for cutting lumber or other hard materials such…A machine, building, or company used for cutting (milling) lumber or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.
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» Tom works in a sawmill.
Tom arbeitet in einem Sägewerk. — raggione
Том работает на лесопилке. — marafon
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1 sensesA 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.
The old sawmill still has its waterwheel but they took the saw away years ago.
Sägewerk, Sägemühle, Sägerei
лесопи́лкаlesopílka, лесопи́льняlesopílʹnja, лесопи́льный заво́дlesopílʹnyj zavód
лісопи́льняlisopýlʹnja, тарта́кtarták, пи́льняpýlʹnja
- a large sawing machine
- a mill for dressing logs and lumber
Examples
5 sentencesTom works in a sawmill.
ruТом работает на лесопилке. — marafon
deTom arbeitet in einem Sägewerk. — raggione
I think the sawmill has closed.
They floated the logs down the river to the sawmill.
ruОни сплавляли брёвна по реке на лесопилку. — sharptoothed
Tom doesn't work here in the sawmill, but in the forest as a lumberjack.
What is James doing at the abandoned sawmill.
Translations
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Origin
From saw + mill.From saw + mill.
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Forms
plural: sawmillsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a mill for dressing logs and lumber:lumbermill
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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