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Noun: mill  mil
  1. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
    - factory, manufacturing plant, manufactory
     
  2. Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
    - grinder, milling machinery
     
  3. The act of grinding to a powder or dust
    - grind, pulverization, pulverisation [Brit], comminution
Verb: mill  mil
  1. Move about in a confused manner
    - mill about, mill around
     
  2. Grind with a mill
    "mill grain"
     
  3. Produce a ridge around the edge of
    "mill a coin"
     
  4. Roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
Noun: Mill  mil
  1. Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
    - James Mill
     
  2. English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
    - John Mill, John Stuart Mill

Sounds like: might, mmill

Derived forms: milling, milled, Mills, mills

Type of: bray [archaic], comminute [rare], compaction, crunch, crush, economic expert, economist, grind, groove, industrial plant, machinery, mash, move, philosopher, plant, roll, roll out, works

Encyclopedia: Mill, Missouri