sawmillnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɔː.mɪl/us/ˈsɑː.mɪl/a factory where trees are cut up into pieces with machines
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Factories
- assembly line
- brewery
- cannery
- conveyor belt
- cooling tower
- industrial estate
- industrial park
- knacker's yard
- mill
- miller
- mint
- on the factory floor idiom
- pallet
- plant
- power station
- production line
- sweatshop
- tannery
- the shop floor
- workshop
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Examples from literature
- Centuries later, the water wheel was still in use in sawmills to cut wood and in factories to make cloth.
- He owned a sawmill, a factory that cuts trees for wood.
- However, workers from the sawmill learned about the gold.