Meaning of Sawmill | Babel Free
Definitions
A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.
Equivalents
Čeština
pila
Dansk
savværk
Ελληνικά
πριστήριο
Español
aserradero
Français
scierie
Gàidhlig
muileann-sàbhaidh
עברית
מנסרה
Bahasa Indonesia
wantilan
Italiano
segheria
日本語
製材所
한국어
제재소
Kurdî
pila
ລາວ
ໂຮງເລື່ອຍ
Latviešu
zāģētava
Македонски
пилана
Nederlands
houtzagerij
Polski
tartak
Português
Serraria
Română
gater
Slovenčina
píla
Slovenščina
žaga
Svenska
sågverk
ไทย
โรงเลื่อย
Українська
лісопильня
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.”
“When I came to the saw-mill at Brække, the sky was overcast, it was already growing dark, only above the level of the north-western horizon there appeared a streak of light, which threw a subdued glimmer on the tranquil surface of the mill-pond.”
“My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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