lumber mill
Timber processing facility
A lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into boards, planks, and other wood products.
The term is interchangeable with sawmill, though lumber mill may emphasize the commercial production of lumber for construction rather than smaller-scale wood processing: The lumber mill employed half the town.
Flat construction lumber pieces
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- beamsRays or supports
- studsStructural wall timbers
- joistsHorizontal building beams
rafters · hardwood · softwood · veneer · plywood · particleboard · MDF · OSB
Looped-blade cutting machine
- circular sawRotating blade power tool
- headrigMill's main cutting saw
- debarkerMachine removing tree skin
- edgerTool for neat borders
resaw · sawyer · planing · grading · stacking · cant hook · kerf · ripsaw
Wood-cutting tradesperson
- millwrightIndustrial equipment installer
- graderOne who assigns scores
- stackerOne who heaps items
- forklift operatorWarehouse vehicle driver
maintenance crew · shift work · safety gear · earplugs · hard hat · steel-toed boots · quality control
Powdery timber waste
- woodchipsShredded timber fragments
- shavingsThin strips removed
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- slabsThick flat pieces
mulch · biomass · residue · pulp · cellulose · compost · bedding · pellets
Managing wooded land
- fellingDowning standing timber
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
- loggersPeople who fell trees
- skidderVehicle dragging felled timber
yarder · log truck · woodlot · harvesting · tree farm · silviculture · cruising · scaling
Harvesting every standing tree
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- erosionGradual wearing away
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
conservation · carbon footprint · reforestation · waste management · emissions · reclamation
planks
Flat construction lumber pieces
joists · rafters · hardwood · softwood · veneer · plywood · particleboard · MDF · OSB · flooring
bandsaw
Looped-blade cutting machine
- circular sawRotating blade power tool
- headrigMill's main cutting saw
- debarkerMachine removing tree skin
edger · resaw · sawyer · planing · grading · stacking · cant hook · kerf · ripsaw · crosscut
sawyer
Wood-cutting tradesperson
- millwrightIndustrial equipment installer
- graderOne who assigns scores
- stackerOne who heaps items
forklift operator · maintenance crew · shift work · safety gear · earplugs · hard hat · steel-toed boots · quality control
sawdust
Powdery timber waste
slabs · mulch · biomass · residue · pulp · cellulose · compost · bedding · pellets · waste
forestry
Managing wooded land
skidder · yarder · log truck · woodlot · harvesting · tree farm · silviculture · cruising · scaling · landing
clearcutting
Harvesting every standing tree
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- erosionGradual wearing away
- biodiversityRange of life forms
sustainability · conservation · carbon footprint · reforestation · waste management · emissions · reclamation
- factoriesfactory, manufacturing plant, assembly plant, car factory, plants
- lumberjackinglogger, chainsaw, axe, felling, skidder
- wood industryveneer, plywood, flooring, cabinetry, furniture making
- sawmill termstimber, boards, sawdust, wood chips, debarkers
- logging townslogging camp, loggers, logging roads, logging trucks, log drive
- forest productstimber, plywood sheets, hardwood, softwood, boards
lumber millforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
timberland · tree plantation · standing timber · old-growth forest · woodland
lumber millwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
virgin forest · nature preserve · national forest · primeval forest · natural habitat
lumber milltree nursery
Facility cultivating young woody plants
conservation area · forest preserve · wildlife sanctuary · protected area
mill, lumber, miller, lumbering, milling, mills, lumberjack, milled, sawmill