Feedback
Mill
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Meaning
Noun
●
A
grinding
apparatus
for
substances
such as
grains
,
seeds
, etc.
●
The
building
housing
such a
grinding
apparatus.
●
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.
●
A
machine
for
grinding
and polishing.
●
A
milling machine
for
machining
of
solid
metal
,
wood
, or plastic.
●
The
raised
or
ridged
edge
or
surface
made in
milling
anything, such as a
coin
or screw.
●
A
manufacturing
plant
for
paper
,
steel
,
textiles
, etc.
●
In Buildings:
A
building
housing
such a plant.
●
An
establishment
that
handles
a certain type of
situation
or
procedure
routinely
, or
produces
large
quantities
of an
item
without much
regard
to quality.
⚠️
An
institution
awarding
educational
certificates
not
officially
recognised
●
An engine.
●
A
boxing
match
, fistfight.
●
A
hardened
steel
roller
with a design in
relief
, used for
imprinting
a
reversed
copy
of the design in a
softer
metal
, such as copper.
●
In Mining:
An
excavation
in
rock
,
transverse
to the
workings
, from which
material
for
filling
is obtained.
●
In Mining:
A
passage
underground
through which
ore
is shot.
●
A
milling
cutter.
●
A
prison
treadmill.
●
A
typewriter
used to
transcribe
messages
received.
●
In Thousand:
An
obsolete
coin
worth
one
thousandth
of a US
dollar
, or
one tenth
of a cent.
●
In Thousand:
One
thousandth
part,
particularly
in
millage
rates
of
property
tax.
●
Alternative form of
mil
(“million”)
●
A
line
of three
matching
pieces
in
nine men's morris
and related games.
●
In Collectible card games:
Discarding a
card
from
one's
deck.
●
In Collectible card games:
A
strategy
centered
on
depleting
the opponent's deck.
Verb
●
To
grind
or otherwise process in a
mill
or other machine.
●
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.
●
To cause to
mill
, or
circle
around.
●
In Zoology:
To
swim
underwater.
●
In Zoology:
To
swim
suddenly
in a new direction.
●
To
beat
; to pound.
●
To
pass through
a
fulling mill
; to
full
, as cloth.
●
To
roll
(steel, etc.) into bars.
●
To make (drinking
chocolate
)
frothy
, as by churning.
●
To
undergo
hulling.
●
To
take part
in a
fistfight
; to box.
●
In Mining:
To
fill
(a
winze
or
interior
incline
) with
broken
ore
, to be
drawn out
at the bottom.
●
In British English & Thieves' cant:
To
commit
burglary.
●
In Collectible card games:
To
move
(a
card
) from a
deck
to the
discard
pile.
●
To
destroy
(a
card
) due to having a
full
hand.
Name
●
A surname.
●
John Stuart Mill, English
libertarian
and
utilitarian
philosopher.
●
A
village
in North Brabant, Netherlands.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
mill
English
mille
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Factory
Works
Permille
Roam
Wander
Burn
Steal
Knock Off
Related
Machine
Deck
Grinder
Farm
Crusher
Plant
Grand
Quid
Refinery
Cutter
Lumber
Acres
Pound
Quarry
Sac
Lathe
Smelter
Metalcraft
Planeswalker
Foundry
Stone
Bucks
Lb
Grind
Blade
Pence
Plantation
Press
Mixer
Cents
Brewery
Shop
Tank
Shillings
Pounds
Store
Facility
Farms
Bentham
Warehouse
Steelworks
Plato
Locke
Drum
Boiler
Kant
Scavenge
Loaf
Wood
Shredder
Clamp
Yard
Plate
Factories
Furnace
Dollars
Railroad
Power Plant
More
Rhymes
Ill
Mil
Lil
Nil
Lil
Til
Gil
Lil'
Till
Jill
Rill
Hill
Will
Sill
Hill
Pill
Mill
Mill
Bill
Gill
Dill
Vill
Kill
Jill
Kiln
Will
Phil
Bill
Dill
Nill
Kill
Fill
Spill
Chill
Until
Quill
Twill
Shill
Thill
Still
Prill
Brill
Drill
Frill
Grill
We'Ll
He'Ll
Trill
Swill
Skill
Krill
Distil
She'Ll
Refill
Grille
Squill
Instil
Brazil
Frazil
Thrill
'Twill
Uphill
Shrill
Brazil
Instill
Manille
Athrill
Fulfill
Seville
Distill
Downhill
Spadille
Gristmill
Siderotil
Quadrille
Dishabille
Chapel Hill
More
Join 10 million students and professionals writing 70% faster at QuillBot.com
Start writing better