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¹mill

noun \ˈmil\

Definition of MILL

: a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour

a : a machine or apparatus (as a quern) for grinding grain

b : a machine for crushing or comminuting

: a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action

: a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing

a : a machine formerly used for stamping coins

b : a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding

: milling machine, milling cutter

a : a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine

b : one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers <a diploma mill> <a rumor mill>

: a difficult and often educational experience —used in the phrase through the mill

: the engine of an automobile or boat

Origin of MILL

Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, molinum, from feminine and neuter of molinus of a mill, of a millstone, from Latin mola mill, millstone; akin to Latin molere to grind — more at meal

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with MILL

bill, brill, chill, dill, drill, fill, frill, gill, grill, grille, hill, ill, kill, krill, mil, mille, nil, nill, Phil, pill, prill, quill, rill, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spill, squill, still, swill, thill, thrill, til, till, trill, twill, vill, will

²mill

verb

: to produce (something) in a mill especially by grinding, crushing, or cutting it

of a group of people : to walk around in a general area without any particular aim or purpose

Full Definition of MILL

transitive verb

: to subject to an operation or process in a mill: as

a : to grind into flour, meal, or powder

b : to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter

c : to mix and condition (as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls

: to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin)

: to cut grooves in the metal surface of (as a knob)

intransitive verb

: to hit out with the fists

: to move in a circle or in an eddying mass; also : wander

: to undergo milling

See mill defined for English-language learners

First Known Use of MILL

1511

Related to MILL

Synonyms: atomize, beat, bray, comminute, crush, disintegrate, grind, powder, mull, pound, pulverize

³mill

noun

Definition of MILL

: a money of account equal to ¹⁄₁₀ cent

Origin of MILL

Latin mille thousand

First Known Use: 1786

⁴mill

Definition of MILL

variant of ²mil

Mill

biographical name \ˈmil\

Definition of MILL

James 1773–1836 Scot. philos., hist., & econ.

Mill

biographical name

Definition of MILL

John Stuart 1806–1873 son of James Eng. philos. & econ.

MILLED Defined for Kids

¹mill

noun \ˈmil\

Definition of MILL for Kids

: a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour

: a machine or device that prepares a material for use by grinding or crushing <a pepper mill>

: a factory using machines to make a product from raw material <a steel mill>

²mill

verb

milledmill·ing

Definition of MILL for Kids

: to subject to processing in a mill <Grain is milled into flour.> <The logs are milled into lumber.>

: to move about in a circle or in disorder <… while everybody was milling around in the street, the applesauce cake burned up. — Barbara Robinson, Best Christmas Pageant>