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n. - The act of grinding to a powder or dust; Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing.

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Usage examples (40)
  • Moving water turns the mill wheel.
  • mill grain
  • mill a coin
  • They lived in what they call the mill hill, the houses real close together.
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  • With the new machine we can "mill" (to grind grain) wheat down to a "mil" (one-thousandth of an inch).
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