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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone..
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.
Use sawmill when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sawmill means A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone..
Common synonyms include lumbermill.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.
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