mill
noun
1. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Similar word(s): factory, manufactory
Definition categories: man–made, plant, works
2. machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
Similar word(s): grinder
Definition categories: man–made, machinery
3. the act of grinding to a powder or dust
Similar word(s): grind, pulverization
Definition categories: act, compaction, crunch, crush
Sentences with mill as a noun:
- Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
- My grandfather worked in a mill.
- a cider mill; a cane mill
- a lapidary mill
- a steel mill
- 1914, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Mucker[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:The name of the "white hope" against whom Billy was to go was sufficient to draw a fair house, and there were some there who had seen Billy in other fights and looked for a good mill.
verb
1. move about in a confused manner
Definition categories: motion, move
2. grind with a mill
- mill grain
Definition categories: change, bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash
3. produce a ridge around the edge of
- mill a coin
Definition categories: contact, groove
4. roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
Definition categories: contact, roll
Sentences with mill as a verb:
- to mill flour
- I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.
- to mill cattle
- This maize mills well.