sawn
pronunciation
How to pronounce sawn in British English:
UK [sɔ:n]
How to pronounce sawn in American English:
US [sɔn]
Word Origin
- sawn
- strong past participle of saw (v.), attested from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. The tree had to be sawn down .
- 2. Diamonds industrial unworked or simply sawn , cleaved or brut .
- 3. However , only three years ago global witness discovered imports of 270000 cubic metres of logs and 170000 cubic metres of sawn timber in china 's yunnan province just over the border .
- 4. The tree was nearly sawn through .
- 5. All the spare timber was sawn up to make logs for the fire .