sawdust

English
de Jong Sawdust & Shavings, Lake Stevens, Washington, seen from Centennial Trail.

Etymology

saw +‎ dust

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/
    • Audio (UK)(file)

Noun

sawdust (usually uncountable, plural sawdusts)

  1. The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

sawdust (third-person singular simple present sawdusts, present participle sawdusting, simple past and past participle sawdusted)

  1. To sprinkle with sawdust.
    • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, chapter 9, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, OCLC 83401042, book the first (Poverty), page 65:
      […] 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.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.