Mill

Quick meaning: Mill is a noun meaning A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.).

Meaning

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.).

More Meanings

1. A machine for grinding and polishing.
2. A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
3. A milling cutter used on such a machine.
4. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
5. The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
6. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
7. The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

Example Sentences

a lapidary mill

a cider mill; a cane mill

On Sept. 9 a boiler exploded in Hanke's flouring mill, […]

Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.

Word Forms

• mills
• miln
• milling
• milled

Synonyms for mill

Depending on context, synonyms include factory, works, roam, wander, burn, country.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pulverisation, pulverization, grind, factory, manufactory, grinder.

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