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Keywords: Litter, Biofuel, Chipboard, Mulch, Particles

Related Terms: Flitch, Handsaw, Lumber, Marquetry, Resaw, Rip , Rive, Saw, Sawmill, Spill , Veneer, Wane, Raised Grain, Flat Grain, Plain Sawn, Quarter Sawn, Rotary Cut, End Grain, Reaction Wood, Sawlog, Rip Cut, Sawing, Shake , Blister, Face Veneer, Sliced Veneer, Solid Wood, Laminated Veneer Lumber, Lvl, Fuelwood, Roundwood, Bolt, Burr, Quarter-Sawn, Pulpwood, Quartersawn, Sawtimber, Dressed Lumber, Basswood, Tenon Saw, Ripping, Laminated Wood, Veneer Log, Rip Saw, Crosscut Saw, Fiddleback, Flake, Rough Lumber, Rift

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Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.

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fine particles of wood made by sawing wood

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Small particles of wood removed by the saw in cutting.

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Fine wood particles created when sawing wood; used as biofuel, pulping raw material, panel board production, animal litter etc.

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Sawdust is composed of fine particles of wood. This material is produced from cutting with a saw, hence its name. It has a variety of practical uses, including serving as a mulch, or as an alternative to clay cat litter, or as a fuel, or for the manufacture of chipboard.

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