noun Download 🔗Share A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. Examples : "Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill." machine agriculture industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The building housing such a grinding apparatus. Examples : "My grandfather worked in a mill." architecture building industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process. Examples : "a cider mill; a cane mill" machine technology industry agriculture utensil food plant process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A machine for grinding and polishing. Examples : "a lapidary mill" machine industry work building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw. Examples : "The new coins have fine mills around the edge to make them easier to grip. " technical machine industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc. Examples : "a steel mill" industry machine building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A building housing such a plant. Examples : "The old mills along the river are now used as apartments. " building industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc. Examples : "The factory was a known rumor mill, spreading gossip and false information quickly. " industry business organization quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised Examples : "Because the university degrees were from diploma mills, they weren't accepted by most employers. " education organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An engine. Examples : "The power plant uses water mills to generate electricity for the town. " machine technology industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A boxing match, fistfight. Examples : ""The argument at the bar escalated into mills before the police arrived." " sport entertainment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper. Examples : "The engraver used specialized mills to press the intricate coin design onto the copper blank. " technical material machine industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. Examples : "The mine foreman ordered the crew to dig new mills to provide enough backfill for the collapsing tunnels. " geology technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A passage underground through which ore is shot. Examples : "The miners used the ore-filled mills to transport the extracted minerals underground. " industry geology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A milling cutter. Examples : "The machinist carefully selected the mills needed to carve the intricate design into the metal block. " machine technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A treadmill. Examples : "My dog runs on the mills every morning to get his exercise when the weather is bad outside. " machine device technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A typewriter used to transcribe messages received. Examples : "The office secretary used the old manual mills to transcribe the important meeting minutes. " technology communication machine writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine. Examples : "to mill flour" machine industry agriculture food process work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine. Examples : "The carpenter used a special machine to mill the wood, smoothing it perfectly for the new table. " machine industry work technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin). Examples : "The machinist mills the edge of the metal disc to create a textured grip. " technical machine industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion. Examples : "After the bell rang, students milled around the hallway, waiting for their parents to pick them up. " action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to mill, or circle around. Examples : "to mill cattle" action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater. Examples : "The playful seals mills happily beneath the surface of the water, chasing after the tossed fish. " animal biology action nautical ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction. Examples : "The whale mills unexpectedly, heading straight towards our boat after circling calmly for an hour. " animal direction ocean nautical action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To beat; to pound. Examples : "The baker mills the grain into flour. " action machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth. Examples : "The woolen cloth mills until it becomes denser and more uniform. " material machine industry process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To roll (steel, etc.) into bars. Examples : "The factory mills steel into long, strong bars used for construction. " industry machine technical material process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning. Examples : "To prepare a delicious hot chocolate, she mills the chocolate mix until it's frothy and creamy. " food drink utensil machine process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To undergo hulling. Examples : "This maize mills well." agriculture food process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take part in a fistfight; to box. Examples : ""After the argument, the boys went behind the school to mills." " sport entertainment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom. Examples : "The miners mills the winze with crushed ore, preparing it for removal at the lower level. " technical geology industry work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (thieves' cant) To commit burglary. Examples : "The gang planned to mill the bakery while everyone was asleep. " police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent. Examples : ""Even back in the day, you couldn't buy much with just a few mills." " economy finance value business history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax. Examples : "The property tax in our town increased by 5 mills, meaning we pay an extra $5 for every $1,000 of our home's assessed value. " property finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games. Examples : ""In nine men's morris, building mills gives you the advantage of removing your opponent's pieces." " game math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (trading card games) Discarding a card from one's deck. Examples : "During the card game, he made several mills, getting rid of unwanted cards. " game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (trading card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck. Examples : ""In the trading card game, Sarah specialized in mills, winning by forcing her opponent to draw cards from an empty deck." " game entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile. Examples : ""My opponent tried to mill my deck by forcing me to discard cards faster than I could draw them." " game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand. Examples : "In Hearthstone, if you draw a card when you already have ten cards in your hand, the game mills that new card, destroying it. " game computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading