mill Sentence Examples
- The mill's massive gears ground the wheat into fine flour.
- Standing tall, the windmill's sails whirled in the wind, powering the millstone.
- The watermill's wheel turned slowly, its blades carrying the force of the river's current.
- The paper mill produced countless rolls of parchment and paper for books and scrolls.
- The textile mill hummed with activity as machines spun yarn and wove bolts of cloth.
- The steel mill's furnaces roared, forging molten metal into beams and plates.
- The lumber mill's saws sliced through logs, creating planks and beams for construction.
- The coffee mill's burrs emitted a pungent aroma as they crushed roasted coffee beans.
- The salt mill's mechanism released a fine stream of crystals onto food.
- The old grist mill stood as a testament to the pioneering spirit of the early settlers.
mill Meaning
mill (n)
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
mill (v)
move about in a confused manner
grind with a mill
produce a ridge around the edge of
roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
mill (n.)
A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.
A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.
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; as, a cider mill; a cane mill.
A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.
A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc.
A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill.
A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper.
An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
A passage underground through which ore is shot.
A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.
A pugilistic.
To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute.
To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter.
To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin.
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
To beat with the fists.
To roll into bars, as steel.
Short for Treadmill.
The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, as a coin or screw.
mill (v. i.)
To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.
To undergo hulling, as maize.
To move in a circle, as cattle upon a plain.
To swim suddenly in a new direction; -- said of whales.
To take part in a mill; to box.
mill (v. t.)
To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
To cause to mill, or circle round, as cattle.
Synonyms & Antonyms of mill
FAQs About the word mill
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing, Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuar
factory, shop, plant, manufactory,works, workshop, sweatshop, yard,studio, workplace
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The mill's massive gears ground the wheat into fine flour.
Standing tall, the windmill's sails whirled in the wind, powering the millstone.
The watermill's wheel turned slowly, its blades carrying the force of the river's current.
The paper mill produced countless rolls of parchment and paper for books and scrolls.
