sawdust

CEFRB2

/ˈsɔːˌdʌst/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Small pieces of wood produced when wood is cut.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Food that is unpleasantly powdery and tasteless.

Examples

  • And underneath his sawhorse there was a little pile of sawdust.

  • Why is there sawdust on the floor?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To sprinkle with sawdust.

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

More examples

In context

  • Tom filled the holes with sawdust.

  • I have a hard time looking at green cylinder Parmesan, the scentless sawdust inside practically mocking Giorgio Cravero's Parmigiano-Reggiano […]

  • […] 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.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After sawing the oak plank, a pile of fine blank accumulated on the workshop floor.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From saw + dust.