noun
sawdust
SAW-duhst
noun
1
The fine, powdery particles produced when wood is cut with a saw.
"The workshop floor was covered in sawdust."
"Sawdust can be used as mulch or animal bedding."
2
Informally, food or writing that is bland and dry.
"The review called the novel's prose pure sawdust."
How to Use Sawdust
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWood shavings left over from sawing, or (figuratively) something bland and dry.
Word Forms
sawdusted past tense, sawdusts plural, sawdusts singular
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Etymology
A compound of "saw" and "dust."