sawdust

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sawdust

/ˈsɔːˌdʌst/

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From saw + dust.

noun sawdusts

uncountable, usually The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.
derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually Food 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 […]

verb sawdusts · sawdusting · sawdusted

transitive To 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.

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noun dust created by sawing

Español	serrín, aserrín, aserraduras
한국어	톱밥 topbap
日本語	木屑 ki-kuzu, 大鋸屑 oga-kuzu
中文	鋸末 /锯末 jùmò, 鋸屑 /锯屑 jùxiè, 木屑 mùxiè
हिन्दी	बुरादा burādā, चूरा cūrā
Kiswahili	maramba
Português	serragem
Français	sciure
Deutsch	Sägemehl, Sägespäne
Italiano	segatura
Ελληνικά	ροκανίδι rokanídi, πριονίδι prionídi
Română	rumeguș
Русский	опи́лки opílki, древе́сная мука́ drevésnaja muká
Tiếng Việt	mùn cưa
العربية	نُشَارَة nušāra
עברית	נסורת, נְסֹרֶת n'sóret

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@misc{sawdust_2026,
  title = {sawdust},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sawdust},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}