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noun / verb

mill

MIL/mɪl/

Machinery used to grind, cut, or process raw material.

Water from the stream powers a mill that grinds grain into flour.

A water-powered grain mill beside a stream, turning wheel connected to a stone building and sacks of flour at doorway.
Etymology
millLatinmill, millstone

The ancestral millstone connects the word to grinding grain. The name broadened to machinery that processed other raw materials and to buildings housing manufacturing machinery.

In context

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More examples

  • The paper mill turns wood pulp into cardboard.
  • Workers mill the logs into boards for flooring.
  • This mill cuts precise grooves into metal parts.

Forms

mill · mills · milled · milling

miller noun — A person who operates a grain mill.

Similar words

grinder
Specifically reduces material to smaller particles, rather than cutting shapes.
crusher
Breaks material by pressure rather than by grinding or cutting.
factory
Names a manufacturing facility, not an individual processing machine.