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# sawdust

«sawdust» in Mova's school dictionary: **the tiny pieces of wood that fall off when wood is cut…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sawdust — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Sawdust is the tiny pieces of wood that fall off when wood is cut with a saw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Design and technology: sawing wood makes sawdust; wear goggles and a mask. Everyday life: sawdust is used as bedding for hamsters and guinea pigs, to soak up spills, and to make chipboard. Science: sawdust burns easily — a fire risk. Phrases: covered in sawdust, a pile of sawdust, sawdust bedding.

### examples

- The workshop floor was covered in sawdust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x1)
- We put clean sawdust in the hamster's cage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x2)
- Sawdust flew everywhere when Dad cut the plank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x3)
- Wear goggles to keep sawdust out of your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x4)
- The carpenter swept up the sawdust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x5)
- Chipboard is made from glued sawdust and wood chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x6)
- Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some sawdust», «a pile of sawdust», not «a sawdust». Compound of saw + dust. Sweep it up: fine sawdust is a fire and breathing hazard.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sawdust» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sawdust/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.