mill
A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
Noun 4 meanings
A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
“Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.”
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.
“My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.”
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.
“a cider mill; a cane mill”
A machine for grinding and polishing.
“a lapidary mill”
Verb 4 meanings
To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
“to mill flour”
To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
To move about in an aimless fashion.
“I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.”
Etymology
From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname).
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MILL at a glance
MILL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,697 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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