sawdust C2 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/ See IPA manual Freq #21073 Meanings 1 noun Food that is unpleasantly powdery and tasteless. 2020, Joe Berkowitz, American Cheese I have a hard time looking at green cylinder Parmesan, the scentless sawdust inside practically mocking Giorgio Cravero's Parmigiano-Reggiano […]. 2 verb 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. 3 noun fine particles of wood made by sawing wood 4 noun The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material. Thesaurus Word family Forms sawdusty Derived forms sawdustishsawdustlikesawdustyspit-and-sawdust Etymology From saw + dust. Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sawdust **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/ **Frequency rank:** 21073 ## Meanings 1. Food that is unpleasantly powdery and tasteless. 2. To sprinkle with sawdust. 3. fine particles of wood made by sawing wood 4. The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material. ## Examples - 2020, Joe Berkowitz, American Cheese 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. ## Derived Forms - sawdustish - sawdustlike - sawdusty - spit-and-sawdust ## Etymology From saw + dust. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown