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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Meanwhile, low prices last year prompted sawmill curtailments and closures from British Columbia to northern Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
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
The next morning, since his hand got hurt at the sawmill and he caint work, Mr. Highgate took the horse and saddle to the sheriff in Chatham so’s no one would say we stoled ’em.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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
PotlatchDeltic’s sawmills are among those that analysts expect to benefit from higher trade barriers, which should also boost U.S. timberland owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
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
The last major sawmills closed three decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
She married a Baptist minister, Reverend Poole, who worked around Sandersville on the farms, and in the sawmills.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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