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The definition of mill
16 Definitions of: mill
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- noun, a building in which grain is crushed and ground to make flour
- noun, a factory, esp one which processes raw materials
- noun, any of various processing or manufacturing machines, esp one that grinds, presses, or rolls
- noun, any of various small hand mills used for grinding pepper, salt, or coffee for domestic purposes. See also coffee mill, pepper mill
- noun, a hard roller for impressing a design, esp in a textile-printing machine or in a machine for printing banknotes
- noun, a system, institution, etc, that influences people or things in the manner of a factory
- noun, an unpleasant experience; ordeal (esp in the phrases go or be put through the mill)
- noun, a fist fight
- noun, run of the mill ordinary or routine
- verb, to grind, press, or pulverize in or as if in a mill
- verb, to process or produce in or with a mill
- verb, to cut or roll (metal) with or as if with a milling machine
- verb, to groove or flute the edge of (a coin)
- verb, to move about in a confused manner
- verb, to beat (chocolate, etc)
- verb, archaic slang to fight, esp with the fists
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- noun, a US and Canadian monetary unit used in calculations, esp for property taxes, equal to one thousandth of a dollar
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of mill