Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A machine for grinding and polishing.
5. A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
6. A milling cutter used on such a machine.
7. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
8. The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.

Example Sentences

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

My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.

[…] for the Townsfolk will go to thy mill, and grind their corn […] at their own good pleasure; nor can I hinder them, since they are free men.

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

Under the reorganization the branch mill was designated as Dah Sun Mill No. 2. In subsequent years Chang Chien had ambitious plans for further expansion. Eventually four Dah Sun mills were established, two in Nan-t'ung and one each in Ch'ung-ming and Hai-men, although plans for the founding of mills in Ju-kao, Tung-t'ai, Yen-ch'eng, and elsewhere in Kiangsu were never realized.

That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn.

a cider mill; a cane mill

a lapidary mill

Word Forms

• mills
• miln
• milling
• milled
• mill
• Mill

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