"logmaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: logmakers [plural]
Etymology: log + maker Etymology templates: {{compound|en|log|maker}} log + maker Head templates: {{en-noun}} logmaker (plural logmakers)
  1. A device that creates 'logs' out of burnable waste; the device encases the burnable waste within a newspaper wrapping by the use of a special tube and plunger.
    Sense id: en-logmaker-en-noun-fYFBvpSd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. (UK) One who cuts trees at a tree farm and prepares logs for further processing; lumberman. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-logmaker-en-noun-wHCfOtXK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

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