sawdust

[ saw-duhst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

sawdust

/ ˈsɔːˌdʌst /

Origin of sawdust¹

First recorded in 1520–30; saw ¹ + dust

Before the FDA started cracking down, grocers might stretch your coffee with other kinds of beans, your flour with sawdust.

His world is a sensual swirl—the cold, shady woods and sun-warmed meadows, the sweaty bakery and sawdust-filled house.

Today Maddow concedes that occasionally she must come down off her trapeze and strut in the sawdust with the rest of the circus.

The cylinder and steam-pipes were surrounded with sawdust about 20 inches in thickness, as a non-conductor of heat.

Mind, I don't accept conventional morality; it is no more to me than so much sawdust.

“I wish I could get at the sawdust that I am stuffed with,” Hadria thought dreamily, as she watched the doll grow flabbier.

Sawdust-packed thermite grenades were stacked right up to the perforated pipes of the sprinkler system.

After the articles are dipped into the solution they are removed and thoroughly washed, then dried in sawdust to prevent streaks.

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