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Sawdust

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The small particles of wood or other material that fall from an object being sawed.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Collective name for the fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Dust or small fragments of wood, stone, or other material, but particularly of wood, produced by the attrition of a saw.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. fine particles of wood made by sawing wood

Word Usage

"And me, I'm going to be over here obsessing about the ice barges coming down river from the mountains with their precious cargo packed in sawdust and hay."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wood

Form

sea sawdust

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