American English pronunciation
How to pronounce sawmill
IPA transcription: ['sɔ,mɪl]
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Noun
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a large sawing machine
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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.