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sawyers

/ˈsɔɪəz/

/ˈsɔɪərz/

sawyernoun

sawyers

/ˈsɔɪə/

/ˈsɔɪər/

Translations

пильщик

The sawyer worked tirelessly to cut the logs into planks.

Пильщик неустанно работал, чтобы распилить бревна на доски.

лесоруб

The sawyer was skilled in selecting the best trees for lumber.

Лесоруб был искусен в выборе лучших деревьев для древесины.

Definitions

A person who saws wood, especially as an occupation.

The sawyer worked tirelessly to cut the logs into planks for the new house.

A type of beetle whose larvae bore into wood, often causing damage to trees.

The forest was infested with sawyers, which threatened the health of the trees.

A submerged tree trunk or large branch lodged in a riverbed with its top projecting above or below the surface, bobbing with the current and posing a navigation hazard.

The canoe struck a hidden sawyer just below the rapids.

Synonyms

sawyeradjective

Definitions

Attributive. Relating to, characteristic of, or containing sawyers (persons who saw wood or wood-boring beetles).

The lumber was riddled with sawyer holes.

sawyerproper noun

Definitions

A surname, originally occupational, and occasionally a given name.

Mark Twain’s hero Tom Sawyer is one of the great figures of American fiction.