sawdust

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/

Noun

sawdust (uncountable)

1. The fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

Translations

• French: (formally) sciure
• German: Sägemehl, Sägespäne
• Italian: segatura
• Portuguese: serragem
• Russian: опи́лки
• Spanish: serrín, aserrín

Verb

sawdust (sawdusts, present participle sawdusting; past and past participle sawdusted)

1. To sprinkle with sawdust.
   • , Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     […] the raking out of yesterday's fire, the kindling of to-day's under the collegiate boiler, the filling of that Spartan vessel at the pump, the sweeping and sawdusting of the common room, and other such preparations.

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