SAWMILL

lumbermill, sawmill

(noun) a mill for dressing logs and lumber

sawmill

(noun) a large sawing machine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sawmill (plural sawmills)

A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber.

Verb

sawmill (third-person singular simple present sawmills, present participle sawmilling, simple past and past participle sawmilled)

(transitive) To process (lumber) in a sawmill.

Source: Wiktionary


Saw"mill`, n.

Definition: A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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