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sawmill

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A machine, building, or company used for cutting (milling) lumber or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.
  • The old sawmill still has its waterwheel but they took the saw away years ago.
  • The sawmill sells lumber to carpenters and sawdust to gardeners.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To process (lumber) in a sawmill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a mill for dressing logs and lumber

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lumbermill

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory

4

noun

Meaning 4

a large sawing machine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: power saw, saw, sawing machine

History

Etymology

From saw + mill.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَنْشَرَة (manšara) — machine, building or company
  • Belarusian: лесапі́льня (ljesapílʹnja) — machine, building or company
  • Belarusian: пі́льня (pílʹnja) — machine, building or company
  • Belarusian: лесапі́лка (ljesapílka) — machine, building or company
  • Belarusian: тарта́к (tarták) — machine, building or company
  • Bulgarian: дъскоре́зница (dǎskoréznica) — machine, building or company
  • Carpathian Rusyn: фірис (firys) — machine, building or company
  • Catalan: serradora — machine, building or company
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏒᏆᎶᏍᎩᎢ (asvqualosgii) — machine, building or company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋸木廠 /锯木厂 (jùmùchǎng) — machine, building or company
  • Czech: pila — machine, building or company
  • Danish: savværk — machine, building or company
  • Dutch: houtzagerij — machine, building or company
  • Esperanto: segejo — machine, building or company
  • Estonian: saeveski — machine, building or company
  • Finnish: saha — machine, building or company
  • French: scierie — machine, building or company
  • German: Sägewerk — machine, building or company
  • German: Sägemühle — machine, building or company
  • German: Sägerei — machine, building or company
  • Greek: πριστήριο (pristírio) — machine, building or company
  • Hebrew: מִנְסָרָה (minsará) — machine, building or company
  • Hungarian: fűrészüzem — machine, building or company
  • Hungarian: fűrészmalom — machine, building or company
  • Hungarian: fűrész — machine, building or company
  • Italian: segheria — machine, building or company
  • Japanese: 製材所 (seizaisho) — machine, building or company
  • Korean: 제재소 (jejaeso) — machine, building or company
  • Lao: ໂຮງເລື່ອຍ (hōng lư̄ai) — machine, building or company
  • Latvian: zāģētava — machine, building or company
  • Lithuanian: lentpjūvė — machine, building or company
  • Luxembourgish: Seeërei — machine, building or company
  • Macedonian: пила́на (pilána) — machine, building or company
  • Māori: mira kani rākau — machine, building or company
  • Mongolian: мод хөрөөдөх газар (mod xöröödöx gazar) — machine, building or company
  • Navajo: niʼiijíhí — machine, building or company
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sagbruk — machine, building or company
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sag — machine, building or company
  • Plautdietsch: Soagmäl — machine, building or company
  • Polish: tartak — machine, building or company
  • Portuguese: serraria — machine, building or company
  • Romanian: gater — machine, building or company
  • Russian: лесопи́лка (lesopílka) — machine, building or company
  • Russian: лесопи́льня (lesopílʹnja) — machine, building or company
  • Russian: лесопи́льный заво́д (lesopílʹnyj zavód) — machine, building or company
  • Scottish Gaelic: muileann-sàbhaidh — machine, building or company
  • Serbo-Croatian: пила̀на — machine, building or company
  • Serbo-Croatian: pilàna — machine, building or company
  • Slovak: píla — machine, building or company
  • Slovene: žaga — machine, building or company
  • Spanish: aserradero — machine, building or company
  • Swedish: sågverk — machine, building or company
  • Thai: โรงเลื่อย — machine, building or company
  • Turkish: bıçkıhane — machine, building or company
  • Turkish: hızar — machine, building or company
  • Ottoman Turkish: بچقیخانه (bıçkıhane) — machine, building or company
  • Ukrainian: лісопи́льня (lisopýlʹnja) — machine, building or company
  • Ukrainian: тарта́к (tarták) — machine, building or company
  • Ukrainian: пи́льня (pýlʹnja) — machine, building or company
  • Ukrainian: лісопи́лка (lisopýlka) — machine, building or company
  • Vietnamese: xưởng cưa — machine, building or company
  • Vietnamese: nhà máy cưa — machine, building or company
  • Yoruba: sọ́ọ́miìlì — machine, building or company
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