sawmill
pronunciation
How to pronounce sawmill in British English:
UK [ˈsɔ:mɪl]
How to pronounce sawmill in American English:
US [ˈsɔˌmɪl]
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- Noun:
- a large sawing machine
- a mill for dressing logs and lumber
Word Origin
- sawmill (n.)
- 1550s; see saw (n.1) + mill (n.1).
Example
- 1. The sawmill was brand new and very reliable .
- 2. There are many sawyers in that sawmill .
- 3. Yangzhou city suburb of new young sawmill .
- 4. Its members began logging their forest in 1989 , and with the profits they made they bought their sawmill two years later .
- 5. The old sawmill has been standing idle for a couple of years .