Sawdust

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  • noun. The small particles of wood or other material that fall from an object being sawed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Dust or small fragments of wood, stone, or other material, but particularly of wood, produced by the attrition of a saw.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
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  • noun. Collective name for the fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.
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  • noun. 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."
    Form
    sea sawdust  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wood  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ash  charcoal  cinder  clipping  compost  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    afterglow  afterimage  air pollution  attritus  balance  
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