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How to pronounce sawmill

IPA transcription: ['sɔ,mɪl]

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Noun

  • a large sawing machine

  • a mill for dressing logs and lumber

Usage examples

  • In addition to a log cabin, he built a sawmill and gristmill.
  • There is also a working sawmill.
  • Farming, sawmilling, limestone quarrying and tourism are major local industries.
  • Industries included two sawmills, one gristmill, and one clothing factory.
  • Sawfish was first called Sawmill.
  • Trees were plentiful and sawmills started appearing on area rivers, producing lumber for settlers.
  • O'Hara Mill Homestead and Conservation Area features the O'Hara Sawmill.
  • It owns five sawmills in Canada.
  • The settlement became known as Warrinersville, after a local sawmill operator.
  • Ball had its start as a logging town with a sawmill.