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mill
noun
1
a a large machine that grinds grain into flour;
b a building containing such a machine watermill windmill .
2 any of various smaller machines or devices for grinding a particular thing a pepper mill .
3 a in manufacturing industry, etc: a large machine that presses, rolls or otherwise shapes something;
b a factory containing one or more of these machines.
4 any factory a woollen mill .
5 an institution or place which seems to process (eg students) in an impersonal, factory-like way to deliver a standardized end-product.
verb (milled , milling )
1 to grind (grain, etc).
2 to shape (eg metal) in a mill.
3 to cut grooves into the edge of (a coin).
4 intr , colloq (esp mill about or around) to move in an aimless or confused manner.
[Anglo-Saxon myln : from Latin molere to grind]
miller noun
1 someone who owns or operates a mill, especially a grain mill.
2 a machine for milling.
milling noun
1 the grinding of cereal grain to produce flour for use in making bread and other foodstuffs.
2 the act or process of passing anything through a mill.
3 the grooves, or the process of making grooves, in the edge of a coin, etc.
go or put someone or something through the mill to undergo or make them or it undergo an unpleasant experience or difficult test.
noun
1
a a large machine that grinds grain into flour;
b a building containing such a machine watermill windmill .
2 any of various smaller machines or devices for grinding a particular thing a pepper mill .
3 a in manufacturing industry, etc: a large machine that presses, rolls or otherwise shapes something;
b a factory containing one or more of these machines.
4 any factory a woollen mill .
5 an institution or place which seems to process (eg students) in an impersonal, factory-like way to deliver a standardized end-product.
verb (milled , milling )
1 to grind (grain, etc).
2 to shape (eg metal) in a mill.
3 to cut grooves into the edge of (a coin).
4 intr , colloq (esp mill about or around) to move in an aimless or confused manner.
[Anglo-Saxon myln : from Latin molere to grind]
miller noun
1 someone who owns or operates a mill, especially a grain mill.
2 a machine for milling.
milling noun
1 the grinding of cereal grain to produce flour for use in making bread and other foodstuffs.
2 the act or process of passing anything through a mill.
3 the grooves, or the process of making grooves, in the edge of a coin, etc.
go or put someone or something through the mill to undergo or make them or it undergo an unpleasant experience or difficult test.
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