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

Synonyms:

portable mill, lumber mill, lumbermill

factory, plant, bench, workshop, mill, clinic, boatyard, workbench, laboratory, shop

Usage examples:

• For instance, at the Salvation Army plant on Hanbury Street, Whitechapel, London, we found, in 1906, a planing mill, a paint and furniture shop, a mattress factory, and a sawmill and cabinet shop. - "The Social Work of the Salvation Army", Edwin Gifford Lamb.
• He had risen early, and, a neighbor with him, they had driven forth: stars all about, perpendicular, horizontal, save in the reddening east, upon their long day's drive to the sawmill. - "A Breath of Prairie and other stories", Will Lillibridge.
• She hesitated an instant, then dropped lightly down inside the sawmill. - "Penny Nichols Finds a Clue", Joan Clark.