mill
/mɪl/ noun B2- 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
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic. · Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.
- A milling cutter used on such a machine. · After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials. · Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds. · My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.
Plural mills
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Ass, on the contrary, had much work to do in grinding the corn-mill and in carrying wood from the forest or burdens from the farm.
A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle.
Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle.” “Forbear,” said the Miller to him, “harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.”
The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens;” and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
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