resawed

Sawed once more

Resawed is the past tense of resaw, meaning to saw lumber again, typically by cutting a board lengthwise into thinner pieces.

In woodworking, resawing transforms thick stock into veneers or thinner boards: He resawed the walnut plank into bookmatched panels for the cabinet doors.

lumber

timber

Wood for construction

softwood · veneer · beams · joists · flooring · paneling · siding · decking · cants · flitches

milling

sawmill

Log-to-board factory

thickness · slicing · splitting · halving · quartering · bookmatching · slabbing

woodworking

joinery

Fitting wood pieces together

dovetail · mortise · tenon · workbench · woodshop · sawdust · woodgrain · inlay · marquetry

reclaimed

salvage

Recovering damaged goods

character · reuse · upcycling · sustainability · eco-friendly · second-life · restoration

Opposites
processing sequence

resawedrough sawn

material state

resaweduncut

Not reduced or shortened

unmilled · whole · raw · unprocessed · intact

Family

resaw, resaws, resawn, resawing

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G