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
In the beginning, Peck says it was easy to find trees and hire a mobile sawmill to cut them into planks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Prices for lumber and other sawmill products were up month-on-month, led by softwood lumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
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
They fell in love, married, and moved into the old sawmill boardinghouse that became Snowberger’s Funeral Home.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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
Prisoners work in poultry plants, sawmills and in industrial factories.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
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
‘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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