mill

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /mɪl/, SAMPA: /mIl/

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Noun

Singular mill

Plural mills

1. (countable) A mill is a place where things are processed with machines.
   1. A mill is a place where grain is ground to make flour.

      There was an old mill by the farm.

   2. A mill is a factory or place for manufacturing (making) things.

      My grandfather worked for many years at a steel mill.

      General Mills is large company the makes cereal.

2. (countable) A mill is a small machine for grinding.

   We have a hand held pepper mill at home.

Related words

• windmill
• gristmill
• puppy mill

Verb

Plain form mill

Third-person singular mills

Past tense milled

Past participle milled

Present participle milling

1. (transitive) If you mill grain, you grind it at a mill.

   You must dry and mill the corn before you can make bread with it.