sawmill

[saw-mil]

noun

1. a place or building in which timber is sawed saw into planks, boards, etc., by machinery.

sawmill

/ ˈsɔːˌmɪl /

noun

1. an industrial establishment where timber is sawn into planks, etc

2. a large sawing machine

Word History and Origins

Origin of sawmill¹

First recorded in 1545–55; saw ¹ + mill ¹

Example Sentences

Prices for lumber and other sawmill products were up month-on-month, led by softwood lumber.

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In fact, the Meadow River Lumber Company operated the world’s largest sawmill not too far away, along the Meadow River between the Sewell and Simms Mountains, at the western edge of Greenbrier County.

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PotlatchDeltic’s sawmills are among those that analysts expect to benefit from higher trade barriers, which should also boost U.S. timberland owners.

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James Jones and Sons, which is investing £70m in a new sawmill near Durham, is one of a number of companies counting on it.

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The name came from Seattle’s Skid Road, where, starting in the 1850s, logs “skidded” down a steep path to a waterfront sawmill.

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