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Chapelure/ Sciure de bois

English translation: Sawdust

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French term or phrase:Chapelure/ Sciure de bois
English translation:Sawdust
Entered by: Lisa Jane

13:27 Apr 25, 2017
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Charpenterie
French term or phrase: Chapelure/ Sciure de bois
Dans tous les dictionnaires "chapelure" est traduit par "Bread crumbs".
Aussi Les Charpentiers appellent ainsi le morceau de bois qu'ils ôtent avec la scie
Quel est le mot exact en Anglais?
Shog Imas
Canada
Local time: 19:29
Saw-dust
Explanation:

English to French: more detail...

sawdust:
sciure
; pulpe de bois
saw-dust:
sciure
; sciure de bois
; bran de scie
Wiktionary:
sawdust → sciure
sawdust → sciure de bois
, sciure



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Note added at 30 mins (2017-04-25 13:58:28 GMT)
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I guess sawdust looks like dried breadcrumbs!
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 01:29
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3 +4Saw-dust
Lisa Jane


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Saw-dust


Explanation:

English to French: more detail...

sawdust:
sciure
; pulpe de bois
saw-dust:
sciure
; sciure de bois
; bran de scie
Wiktionary:
sawdust → sciure
sawdust → sciure de bois
, sciure



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Note added at 28 mins (2017-04-25 13:56:48 GMT)
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http://www.interglot.com/dictionary/en/fr/search?q=saw-dust&...



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Note added at 30 mins (2017-04-25 13:58:28 GMT)
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I guess sawdust looks like dried breadcrumbs!

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: the only thing that came to mind, without looking it up. I'll be surprised if anyone comes up with something else. What else could it possibly be? sawdust is the correct spelling, no hyphen.
1 hr
  -> Thanks-Yes it's what sprung to my mind then looking it up, sawdust without hyphen definitely more common
agree  Michele Fauble
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  mrrafe: With a saw, it can only be sawdust. With a plane, it would be shavings.
10 hrs
  -> Yes ofcourse!
agree  B D Finch: Sawdust: no hyphen. Yet another example of English using fewer culinary references than French!
23 hrs
  -> Yes, thanks! ;)
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