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Word: Mill
Speech Type: Noun
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’
mɪl
a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
Short Definition:building with machinery for grinding grain
a factory fitted with machinery for a particular manufacturing process
Short Definition:factory manufacturing particular product
Examples:- a steel mill
- a mill town
an engine.
Short Definition:engine
a boxing match or a fist fight.
Short Definition:boxing match
Word: Mill
Speech Type: Verb
mɪl
grind (something) in a mill
Short Definition:grind in mill
Examples:- hard wheats are easily milled into white flour
cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool
Short Definition:cut metal with rotating tool
Examples:- in the machine shop we mill and grind the castings
(of people or animals) move around in a confused mass
Short Definition:move in confused mass
Examples:- tourists were milling about in the lobby
thicken (wool or another animal fibre) by fulling it
Short Definition:thicken wool by fulling it
Examples:- ordinary wool blankets are made by milling a woven wool fabric
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