sawmill.
A machine, building, or company used for cutting (milling) lumber or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.
Meaning & usage
A 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.
Where this word comes from
From saw + mill.
To process (lumber) in a sawmill.
Where this word comes from
From saw + mill.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.