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Synonyms for mill

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mil
Phonetic Transcription : mɪl

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Définition of mill

Origin :
  • "building fitted to grind grain," Old English mylen "a mill" (10c.), an early Germanic borrowing from Late Latin molina, molinum "mill" (source of French moulin, Spanish molino), originally fem. and neuter of molinus "pertaining to a mill," from Latin mola "mill, millstone," related to molere "to grind," from PIE *mele-, *mel- "to crush, grind," with derivatives referring to ground material and tools for grinding (cf. Greek myle "mill;" see mallet).
  • Also from Late Latin molina, directly or indirectly, are German Mühle, Old Saxon mulin, Old Norse mylna, Danish mølle, Old Church Slavonic mulinu. Broader sense of "grinding machine" is attested from 1550s. Other types of manufacturing machines driven by wind or water, whether for grinding or not, began to be called mills by early 15c. Sense of "building fitted with industrial machinery" is from c.1500.
  • noun factory
  • verb grind
Example sentences :
  • While the mill was at rest he pried into its internal machinery.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It was at the home of the Lemballeuse, the family who lived in the ruins of the mill.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • She went with him to haul the grain to mill and was fascinated by the big scales.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • What he gits for fixin' the mill ain't nothin' to me—I don't git a cent on it.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • When the morning came and Jim had not returned I started for the mill.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • And he leaned his head in a baffled, tired way against the planking of the mill.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • They stood for a while talking together, Levi pointing now and then toward the mill.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • The miller with his three elder sons had come straight from the mill.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Spice may be ground in a mill kept, exclusively for that purpose.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • All the rivers ran away from him, and went to turn some other mill.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

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