sawmill

«sawmill» in Mova's school dictionary: cut into planks and boards by machine saws — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a sawmill, sawmills)

meaning for a pupil

A factory or building where logs are cut into planks and boards by machine saws. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and geography lessons sawmills grew up beside rivers in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the US, using water power at first. In everyday life wood for houses and furniture comes from sawmills. In safety talk sawmills are dangerous places with big blades. Phrases: «work at the sawmill», «old sawmill».

examples

• The logs were floated down the river to the sawmill. tree →
• Grandad worked at the sawmill for forty years. tree →
• The old sawmill used a water wheel. tree →
• Sawdust from the sawmill is used for animal bedding. tree →
• The village grew up around the sawmill. tree →
• Children must never go near the saws in a sawmill. tree →

note

Countable: sawmills. One word. «Saw» (the tool) + «mill». In maths problems: if a sawmill cuts 1 log into 8 planks, 25 logs give 200 planks.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sawmill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.