mill
🇺🇸
/mɪl/
🇬🇧
/mɪl/
noun
C1
a building or machine that grinds grain into flour
The old mill still grinds wheat into flour every day.
C1
a factory that makes materials like paper, steel, or cloth
The paper mill produces tons of paper every week.
R
a small device for grinding things into powder
I use a pepper mill to grind fresh pepper for my food.
verb
R
to grind something into powder using a mill
We need to mill the wheat before we can bake bread.
translation
a building or machine that grinds grain into flour; a factory that makes materials like paper, steel, or cloth; a small device for grinding things into powder
to grind something into powder using a mill
Word Forms
3rd Present
mills
Past
milled
Perfect
milled
Progressive
milling
Plural
mills