sawmill
Log-cutting facility
A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber using large power-driven saws.
Historically powered by water wheels, modern sawmills typically run on electricity.
The term can refer to the entire operation or specifically to the machinery that does the cutting.
The old sawmill by the river closed down decades ago.
Sawmills remain central to the timber industry, processing raw logs into boards, beams, and other wood products for construction and manufacturing.
Of the countryside
- riversideArea bordering a stream
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
- water-poweredOperated by flowing liquid
- steam-poweredOperated by heated vapor
Recording system events
- forestryManaging wooded land
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
- harvestingGathering mature crops
Machine removing tree skin
- planerWood-smoothing machine
- edgerTool for neat borders
- resawCut lumber lengthwise thinner
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
headrig · cant · chipper · conveyor · sorter · stacker · trimmer · kiln
Sawn wood for building
- planksFlat construction lumber pieces
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- beamsRays or supports
- joistsHorizontal building beams
pine · oak · cedar · fir · maple · redwood · hardwood · softwood
Shredded timber fragments
- shavingsThin strips removed
- slabsThick flat pieces
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- mulchProtective plant bedding
residue · offcuts · edgings · pulpwood · biomass · cellulose · lignin · pellets
rural
Of the countryside
- riversideArea bordering a stream
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
- water-poweredOperated by flowing liquid
logging
Recording system events
- forestryManaging wooded land
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
harvesting · export · wholesale · lumberyard · supply-chain
debarker
Machine removing tree skin
carriage · headrig · cant · chipper · conveyor · sorter · stacker · trimmer · kiln · moulder
lumber
Sawn wood for building
joists · pine · oak · cedar · fir · maple · redwood · hardwood · softwood · rough-cut
woodchips
Shredded timber fragments
mulch · residue · offcuts · edgings · pulpwood · biomass · cellulose · lignin · pellets · bedding
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- processingSystematic operation on data
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- stackingPlacing items vertically
drying · sorting · scaling · debarking · edging · trimming · planing · curing · seasoning · inventory
grader
One who assigns scores
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- logging sitesclearcut, lumber camp, landing
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- deforestationclear cutting, clearcutting, clear-cutting, illegal logging, selective logging
sawmillforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
old-growth forest · woodland · timberland · wilderness · tree nursery
sawmilllumber yard
Wood retail facility
furniture factory · construction site · paper mill · woodworking shop
sawmillforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
wilderness · nature preserve · national forest · conservation area · natural habitat
- sawmill townSettlement centered on cutting lumber