sawmill
Americannoun
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sawmills
plural
noun
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an industrial establishment where timber is sawn into planks, etc
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a large sawing machine
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Etymology
Origin of sawmill
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The brainchild of sawmill business partners Franz Josef Bucher and Josef Durrer, the Grand Hotel opened in 1873.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Lumber prices are up because of import taxes and sawmill closures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
By the late 1800s, the company had begun to build homes for its workers near its sawmill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
James Jones and Sons, which is investing £70m in a new sawmill near Durham, is one of a number of companies counting on it.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
When night came you slept in a barn, if there were no dogs, a cane field, or an empty sawmill.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Dozens of sawmills have closed across the U.S. and Canada in recent years, with a big wave of closures coming in the past year due to the prolonged housing downturn and higher import taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The combined real estate investment trust has a half dozen sawmills and a big plywood facility, and intends to keep the dividend in line with Rayonier’s recent payout, suggesting a yield of 5% or so.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Nor did he have the money to carry out a replanting operation, since growing for timber wouldn’t pay for itself; most of the nearby sawmills had shut down long ago anyway.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
They’re often hired in industries with severe labor shortages, doing some of the country’s dirtiest and most dangerous jobs like working in poultry plants, meat-processing centers and sawmills.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
‘That’s right. Four big cotton mills—those are the main ones. A hosiery factory. Some gins and sawmills.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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