mill

mill
mill1
noun
1》 a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
    ↘a piece of machinery for grinding grain.
2》 a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder: a pepper mill.
3》 a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process: a steel mill.
    ↘a piece of manufacturing machinery.
verb
1》 grind in a mill.
2》 cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool.
    ↘produce regular ribbed markings on the edge of (a coin).
3》 (mill about/around) (of people or animals) move around in a confused mass.
4》 thicken (wool) by fulling it.
Phrases
go (or put someone) through the mill undergo (or cause someone to undergo) an unpleasant experience.
Derivatives
millable adjective
milled adjective
Origin
OE mylen, based on late L. molinum, from L. mola 'grindstone, mill', from molere 'to grind'.
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mill2
noun N. Amer. a monetary unit used only in calculations, worth one thousandth of a dollar.
Origin
C18: from L. millesimum 'thousandth part'; cf. cent.

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