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sawdust

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AO1 D AH2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Food that is unpleasantly powdery and tasteless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To sprinkle with sawdust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

fine particles of wood made by sawing wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wood

History

Etymology

From saw + dust.

Across languages

Translations

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tallash — dust created by sawing
  • Arabic: نُشَارَة (nušāra) — dust created by sawing
  • Arabic: نشارة (nišāra) — dust created by sawing
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܣܵܪܬܵܐ (nsārtā) — dust created by sawing
  • Aramaic: ܒܪܘܬܐ — dust created by sawing
  • Aramaic: ܢܣܪܬܐ — dust created by sawing
  • Armenian: թեփ (tʻepʻ) — dust created by sawing
  • Azerbaijani: kəpək — dust created by sawing
  • Basque: zerrauts — dust created by sawing
  • Belarusian: пілаві́нне (pilavínnje) — dust created by sawing
  • Belarusian: апі́лкі (apílki) — dust created by sawing
  • Breton: brenn-heskenn — dust created by sawing
  • Bulgarian: дъ́рвени стърготи́ни (dǎ́rveni stǎrgotíni) — dust created by sawing
  • Bulgarian: стърготи́ни (stǎrgotíni) — dust created by sawing
  • Burmese: လွှစာ (hlwa.ca) — dust created by sawing
  • Catalan: serradures — dust created by sawing
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏍᎪᎬ (usgogv) — dust created by sawing
  • Chinese: 鋸屑 /锯屑 (kìr-sut, kù-sut, kì-sut) — dust created by sawing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋸末 /锯末 (jùmò) — dust created by sawing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋸屑 /锯屑 (jùxiè) — dust created by sawing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木屑 (mùxiè) — dust created by sawing
  • Czech: piliny — dust created by sawing
  • Danish: savsmuld — dust created by sawing
  • Dutch: zaagsel — dust created by sawing
  • Egyptian: w-s-t- (wst) — dust created by sawing
  • Esperanto: segaĵo — dust created by sawing
  • Estonian: saepuru — dust created by sawing
  • Faroese: saguspønir — dust created by sawing
  • Finnish: sahanpuru — dust created by sawing
  • French: sciure — dust created by sawing
  • Friulian: seadure — dust created by sawing
  • Galician: serraduras — dust created by sawing
  • Georgian: ნახერხი (naxerxi) — dust created by sawing
  • German: Sägemehl — dust created by sawing
  • German: Sägespäne — dust created by sawing
  • Greek: ροκανίδι (rokanídi) — dust created by sawing
  • Greek: πριονίδι (prionídi) — dust created by sawing
  • Ancient Greek: παράπρισμα (paráprisma) — dust created by sawing
  • Hawaiian: oka lāʻau — dust created by sawing
  • Hebrew: נסורת — dust created by sawing
  • Hebrew: נְסֹרֶת (n'sóret) — dust created by sawing
  • Hindi: बुरादा (burādā) — dust created by sawing
  • Hindi: चूरा (cūrā) — dust created by sawing
  • Hungarian: fűrészpor — dust created by sawing
  • Icelandic: sag — dust created by sawing
  • Ido: seg-pulvero — dust created by sawing
  • Indonesian: serbuk gergaji — dust created by sawing
  • Ingrian: opilka — dust created by sawing
  • Irish: min sáibh — dust created by sawing
  • Italian: segatura — dust created by sawing
  • Japanese: 木屑 (ki-kuzu) — dust created by sawing
  • Japanese: 大鋸屑 (oga-kuzu) — dust created by sawing
  • Kazakh: жоңқа (joñqa) — dust created by sawing
  • Kazakh: үгінді (ügındı) — dust created by sawing
  • Khmer: អាចម៍រណារ (ʼac rɔɔrɔnaa) — dust created by sawing
  • Korean: 톱밥 (topbap) — dust created by sawing
  • Lao: ຂີ້ເລື່ອຍ (khī lư̄ay) — dust created by sawing
  • Latin: scobis — dust created by sawing
  • Latin: lānūgō — dust created by sawing
  • Latin: serrāgō — dust created by sawing
  • Macedonian: дрвесина (drvesina) — dust created by sawing
  • Malagasy: tain-tsofa — dust created by sawing
  • Māori: kotakota — dust created by sawing
  • Mongolian: модны үртэс (modny ürtes) — dust created by sawing
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠣᠳᠤᠨ ᠤ ᠦᠷᠦᠳᠡᠰᠦ (modun-u ürüdesü) — dust created by sawing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sagmugg — dust created by sawing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sagflis — dust created by sawing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sagflis — dust created by sawing
  • Occitan: ressum — dust created by sawing
  • Pashto: بوره (bura) — dust created by sawing
  • Persian: خاکاره (xâk-arre) — dust created by sawing
  • Plautdietsch: Soagespoon — dust created by sawing
  • Polish: trociny — dust created by sawing
  • Portuguese: serragem — dust created by sawing
  • Romanian: rumeguș — dust created by sawing
  • Romansh: resgim — dust created by sawing
  • Russian: опи́лки (opílki) — dust created by sawing
  • Russian: древе́сная мука́ (drevésnaja muká) — dust created by sawing
  • Slovak: piliny — dust created by sawing
  • Slovene: žaganje — dust created by sawing
  • Slovene: žagovina — dust created by sawing
  • Lower Sorbian: drobna rěz — dust created by sawing
  • Spanish: serrín — dust created by sawing
  • Spanish: aserrín — dust created by sawing
  • Spanish: aserraduras — dust created by sawing
  • Swahili: maramba — dust created by sawing
  • Swedish: sågspån — dust created by sawing
  • Swedish: spån — dust created by sawing
  • Tagalog: kusot — dust created by sawing
  • Tagalog: piyaos — dust created by sawing
  • Tajik: аррамайда (arramayda) — dust created by sawing
  • Tajik: хокарра (xokarra) — dust created by sawing
  • Thai: ขี้เลื่อย (kîi-lʉ̂ai) — dust created by sawing
  • Turkish: talaş — dust created by sawing
  • Ukrainian: ти́рса (týrsa) — dust created by sawing
  • Ukrainian: пилови́ння (pylovýnnja) — dust created by sawing
  • Unami: kwshikshakokàn — dust created by sawing
  • Urdu: چُورَہ (cūrā) — dust created by sawing
  • Uzbek: qipiq — dust created by sawing
  • Uzbek: qirindi — dust created by sawing
  • Vietnamese: mùn cưa — dust created by sawing
  • Walloon: soyoere — dust created by sawing
  • Walloon: soeyure — dust created by sawing
  • Welsh: blawd llif — dust created by sawing
  • Welsh: llwch llif — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: זעגעכץ (zegekhts) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: געזעגעכץ (gezegekhts) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: האָלצזעגעכץ (holtszegekhts) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: טראָטשינעס (trotshines) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: פּילאָווינעס (pilovines) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: פּילינעס (pilines) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: זעגשטויב (zegshtoyb) — dust created by sawing
  • Yiddish: שאָבעכץ (shobekhts) — dust created by sawing
Real reading context

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