English

de Jong Sawdust & Shavings, Lake Stevens, Washington, seen from Centennial Trail.

Noun

sawdust ‎(usually uncountable, plural sawdusts)

1. The fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

Derived terms

• sawdust trail
• sea sawdust

Translations

Verb

sawdust ‎(third-person singular simple present sawdusts, present participle sawdusting, simple past and past participle sawdusted)

1. To sprinkle with sawdust.
   • Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     […] 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.