mill

¹mill

noun \ˈmil\

Definition of MILL

1

: a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour

2

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

3

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

4

: a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing

5

a : a machine formerly used for stamping coins b : a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding

6

: milling machine, milling cutter

7

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>

8

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

9

: 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