sawdust
small particles of wood produced in sawing.
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Salmonella can also develop in poultry litter, the organic material like sawdust that’s spread on chicken house floors.
America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick. | by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell, Irena Hwang and Mollie Simon | October 29, 2021 | ProPublicaI would go into the bar covered in sawdust from a tree job, dirty from a day’s work.
The Army fashioned lead shields and built walls of 55-gallon drums filled with ice and sawdust trying to protect the operators from radiation.
The US military’s first experiment with portable nuclear reactors was short and tragic | Purbita Saha | July 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis design is also suited for indoor work like cleaning up sawdust and other debris from work areas.
Best leaf vacuum: With our picks for yard maintenance, you’ll have a clean lawn in the bag | Billy Cadden | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNeither has a single hole to show for it, despite months of sweat, sawdust, and getting shoved into and pulled out of my bag every day.
The Durable Gear One Wildland Firefighter Swears By | Amanda Monthei | October 28, 2020 | Outside Online
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.
Must Read New Fiction: ‘Arcadia,’ ‘Men in Space,’ ‘The O’Briens,’ ‘Hot Pink’ | Chloë Schama, Jacob Silverman, Wendy Smith, Daniel Roberts | March 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTToday 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.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickMind, I don't accept conventional morality; it is no more to me than so much sawdust.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking“I wish I could get at the sawdust that I am stuffed with,” Hadria thought dreamily, as she watched the doll grow flabbier.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Cairdsawdust-packed thermite grenades were stacked right up to the perforated pipes of the sprinkler system.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim LangAfter the articles are dipped into the solution they are removed and thoroughly washed, then dried in sawdust to prevent streaks.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for sawdust
/ (ˈsɔːˌdʌst) /
particles of wood formed by sawing
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