sawdust

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/ˈsɔːˌdʌst/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounsawdust (usually uncountable, plural sawdusts)

plural sawdusts

  1. uncountableusuallyThe fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.
  2. derogatoryinformaluncountableusuallyFood that is unpleasantly powdery and tasteless.

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

    2020, Joe Berkowitz, American Cheese
verbsawdust (third-person singular simple present sawdusts, present participle sawdusting, simple past and past participle sawdusted)

present singular third person sawdusts · participle present sawdusting · participle past sawdusted · past sawdusted

  1. transitiveTo sprinkle with sawdust.

    […] 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.

    1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, chapter 9, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 65

Origin

From saw + dust.

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Translations

Ancient Greek παράπρισμα
  • παράπρισμα (paráprisma)dust created by sawing
Arabic نُشَارَة
  • نُشَارَة (nušāra)dust created by sawing
Basque zerrauts
  • zerrautsdust created by sawing
Bulgarian дъ́рвени стърготи́ни, стърготи́ни
  • дъ́рвени стърготи́ни (dắrveni stărgotíni)dust created by sawing
  • стърготи́ни (stărgotíni)dust created by sawing
Catalan serradures
  • serraduresdust created by sawing
Chinese Mandarin 鋸末 /锯末, 鋸屑 /锯屑
  • 鋸末 /锯末 (jùmò)dust created by sawing
  • 鋸屑 /锯屑 (jùxiè)dust created by sawing
  • 木屑 (mùxiè)dust created by sawing
Czech piliny
  • pilinydust created by sawing
Danish savsmuld
  • savsmulddust created by sawing
Dutch zaagsel
  • zaagseldust created by sawing
Esperanto segaĵo
  • segaĵodust created by sawing
Estonian saepuru
  • saepurudust created by sawing
Finnish sahanpuru
  • sahanpurudust created by sawing
French sciure
  • sciuredust created by sawing
German Sägemehl, Sägespäne
  • Sägemehldust created by sawing
  • Sägespänedust created by sawing
Greek ροκανίδι, πριονίδι
  • ροκανίδι (rokanídi)dust created by sawing
  • πριονίδι (prionídi)dust created by sawing
Hawaiian oka lāʻau
  • oka lāʻaudust created by sawing
Hebrew נסורת, נְסֹרֶת
  • נסורתdust created by sawing
  • נְסֹרֶת (n'sóret)dust created by sawing
Hindi बुरादा, चूरा
  • बुरादा (burādā)dust created by sawing
  • चूरा (cūrā)dust created by sawing
Hungarian fűrészpor
  • fűrészpordust created by sawing
Icelandic sag
  • sagdust created by sawing
Indonesian serbuk gergaji
  • serbuk gergajidust created by sawing
Irish min sáibh
  • min sáibhdust created by sawing
Italian segatura
  • segaturadust created by sawing
Japanese 木屑, 大鋸屑
  • 木屑 (ki-kuzu)dust created by sawing
  • 大鋸屑 (oga-kuzu)dust created by sawing
Korean 톱밥
  • 톱밥 (topbap)dust created by sawing
Latin scobis, lānūgō
  • scobisdust created by sawing
  • lānūgōdust created by sawing
  • serrāgōdust created by sawing
Māori kotakota
  • kotakotadust created by sawing
Norwegian Bokmål sagmugg, sagflis
  • sagmuggdust created by sawing
  • sagflisdust created by sawing
Persian خاکاره
  • خاکاره (xâk-arre)dust created by sawing
Polish trociny
  • trocinydust created by sawing
Portuguese serragem
  • serragemdust created by sawing
Romanian rumeguș
  • rumegușdust created by sawing
Russian опи́лки, древе́сная мука́
  • опи́лки (opílki)dust created by sawing
  • древе́сная мука́ (drevésnaja muká)dust created by sawing
Slovak piliny
  • pilinydust created by sawing
Spanish serrín, aserrín
  • serríndust created by sawing
  • aserríndust created by sawing
  • aserradurasdust created by sawing
Swahili maramba
  • marambadust created by sawing
Swedish sågspån, spån
  • sågspåndust created by sawing
  • spåndust created by sawing
Tagalog kusot, piyaos
  • kusotdust created by sawing
  • piyaosdust created by sawing
Thai ขี้เลื่อย
  • ขี้เลื่อย (kîi-lʉ̂ai)dust created by sawing
Turkish talaş
  • talaşdust created by sawing
Ukrainian ти́рса, пилови́ння
  • ти́рса (týrsa)dust created by sawing
  • пилови́ння (pylovýnnja)dust created by sawing
Urdu چُورَہ
  • چُورَہ (cūrā)dust created by sawing
Vietnamese mùn cưa
  • mùn cưadust created by sawing
Welsh blawd llif, llwch llif
  • blawd llifdust created by sawing
  • llwch llifdust created by sawing
Yiddish זעגעכץ, געזעגעכץ
  • זעגעכץ (zegekhts)dust created by sawing
  • געזעגעכץ (gezegekhts)dust created by sawing
  • האָלצזעגעכץ (holtszegekhts)dust created by sawing
  • טראָטשינעס (trotshines)dust created by sawing
  • פּילאָווינעס (pilovines)dust created by sawing
  • פּילינעס (pilines)dust created by sawing
  • זעגשטויב (zegshtoyb)dust created by sawing
  • שאָבעכץ (shobekhts)dust created by sawing
Cite this entry
APA

sawdust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawdust

MLA

“sawdust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawdust. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sawdust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawdust.

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