sawmill

• Nom désignant une usine ou une installation où l'on débite les troncs d'arbres en planches, poutres ou autres pièces de bois, ou bien la machine servant à ce sciage.

A noun referring to a facility or machine where logs are cut into lumber or timber.

1. Large sawing machineB2formal

   A powerful machine equipped with saws, used for cutting logs into planks or boards.

   Scierie (grande machine à scier)

   • The sawmill can process hundreds of logs per day.
   • Workers operate the sawmill with great precision.
   • The old sawmill was upgraded with modern blades.

2. Mill for processing lumberB2formal

   A facility where logs are cut, shaped, and prepared for use as timber or lumber.

   scierie

   • The sawmill employs dozens of local workers.
   • Timber from the sawmill is used in construction projects.
   • They built a new sawmill near the forest to reduce transport costs.