sawmill Definition
saw·mill (-mil′)
noun
- a factory or place where logs are sawed into boards
- a large sawing machine
sawmill Synonyms
sawmill Usage Examples
Converse of object
- run: Virgil Earp married Alice Sullivan in 1870 and for a time ran a sawmill in Prescott.
- power: However, since the 1950s it has been used to power the estate sawmill.
- build: He went on to build sawmills on contract for others.
- visit: Our lumber purchasers visit the sawmills several times a year to select the highest quality lumber for your Rainbow Play System.
- work: A wood merchant who lived in Sunnyside worked the sawmill on the road to Minto ( where Oliver Brothers yard is today ).
- have: We no longer have the specialist sawmills that supplied the boatyards around the coast... .
Adjective modifier
- mobile: In the case of one 63 year old woman this included learning to use a 13 ' mobile sawmill.
- local: His wood yard is full of trees sawn into planks by local sawmills for air drying.
- portable: This was a perfect opportunity to bring in a portable sawmill, lovely straight trunks of oak, in a car park!
- old: Gattonside Road: The gutter at the south side of the road from the Old sawmill to Bottle Bridge is still full of debris.
- large: Recently, a significant portion has been sold to some of the larger sawmills on the basis of long term contracts.
- water-powered: Free car parking for mill visitors Dating from the 1820s, Gunton Sawmill is the oldest surviving water-powered sawmill in the country.
Modifies a noun
- waste: Of this, 100,000 tons are small roundwood and 180,000 comes from recycled wood fiber and sawmill waste.
- worker: A sawmill worker, unnamed, described it as a " low-flying comet " .
- industry: The planned cogeneration plant is situated on the site of an existing sawmill industry where the fuel is generated.
- product: The statistics that we have on wood availability show that there is already tightness in the supply of sawmill product.
- workshop: Showing part of the sawmill workshop with the waterwheel at the left of the print.
Noun used with modifier
- estate: The estate sawmill is used to convert logs for a variety of end-products, some of which are utilized on the estate.
- steam: On the same estate a steam sawmill installed in 1914 was used to cut blocks for sale.
- blakely: The army to agencies sports futon cover to consider once most west port blakely sawmill.
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