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milling

/ˈmɪlɪŋ/ noun C1
  1. Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber). (countable, uncountable)
  3. A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material. (countable, uncountable)
  4. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process. (countable, uncountable)
  5. The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd. (countable, uncountable)

Plural millings

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