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- Dictionarymill/mɪl/
noun
- 1. a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. Similar
- 2. a factory fitted with machinery for a particular manufacturing process: "a steel mill"
verb
- 1. grind (something) in a mill: "hard wheats are easily milled into white flour"
- 2. cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool: "in the machine shop we mill and grind the castings"
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a building where grain is crushed into flour. a small machine for crushing things into powder: a pepper / coffee mill. a factory where a particular substance is produced: a cotton / paper / steel mill. Fewer examples. When the large cog wheel engages (with the smaller one), the mill stone will start to go round.
mill. 1 of 4. noun (1) ˈmil. Synonyms of mill. 1. : a building provided with machinery for processing and especially for grinding grain into flour. 2. a. : a machine or apparatus for grinding grain. b. : a device or machine for reducing something (as by crushing or grinding) to small pieces or particles. a pepper mill. c.
noun. a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles. a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products. a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance: a coffee mill.
Definition of mill noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles. 2. a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products. 3. a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance: a coffee mill.
A mill is a factory or plant, especially one that's equipped for grinding grain into flour. The facility is a mill, and the machine that does the actual grinding is also called a mill. When a mill crushes and grinds grain like wheat or corn, you can say it mills flour.
A mill is a factory used for making and processing materials such as steel, wool, or cotton. ...a steel mill. ...a textile mill. Synonyms: factory, works, shop, plant More Synonyms of mill. 4.verb. To mill something such as wheat or pepper means to grind it in a mill. They mill 1000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state. [VERB noun]
Mill definition: A machine or device that reduces a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains by crushing, grinding, or pressing.
mill meaning: 1. a machine for crushing grain into flour, or a building with this machine: 2. a small machine…. Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of MILL. [count] 1. a : a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour. b : a machine for grinding grain. 2. : a small machine for grinding or crushing pepper, coffee, etc. a food/pepper mill. 3. : a building in which a particular product is made : factory. a paper/cotton/textile/lumber/steel mill.
