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sawmill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sawmill has 2 senses
- sawmill(n = noun.artifact) Array - a large sawing machine; Array is a kind of power saw, saw, sawing machine
- sawmill(n = noun.artifact) lumbermill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber; Array is a kind of factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill
CIDE DICTIONARY
sawmill, n.
A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sawmill, n. a factory in which wood is sawn mechanically into planks or boards.
THESAURUS
sawmill
armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic energy plant, bindery, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, brewery, brickyard, cannery, creamery, dairy, defense plant, distillery, dockyard, factory, factory belt, factory district, feeder plant, flour mill, industrial park, industrial zone, main plant, manufactory, manufacturing plant, manufacturing quarter, mill, mint, munitions plant, oil refinery, packing house, plant, pottery, power plant, production line, push-button plant, refinery, shipyard, subassembly plant, sugar refinery, tannery, winery, yard, yards
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