Thesaurus results for MILLS

mills 1 of 2

noun

plural of mill

as in factories

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a steel mill that remains the town's principal employer

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

mills

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mill

as in pounds

to reduce to fine particles a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of mills

Noun

Most movies are paired with local live acts to fill the air as the crowd mills in or to keep the party going long after the projector shuts off. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 The Cotton Communicator™ Software enables cotton merchants/co-ops and mills to exchange information related to the buying and selling of cotton. — Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026 In 2024, Canada supplied $328 million worth of toilet paper to the country, more than any other country, just as retailers like Costco source much of their private-label paper stock from Canadian mills. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 Businesses and mills closed, some with signs saying GONE TO SEE BUSTER. — Brian Bull, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 Bridgeton, which has the largest concentration of vendors, is also home to one of the Midwest’s oldest continuously operating mills. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 2 Sep. 2026 The holiday also marks the unofficial end to summer, start to the new school year and autumn, with pumpkin patches, cider mills, Lions Sunday night football, colorful foliage and more fall-like things to look forward to. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Later that month, the same court ruled to uphold the EPA’s extension of deadlines for steel mills to comply with certain hazardous emissions standards. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Preservation Connecticut’s searchable surveys, built in collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, exhaustively document historic barns, mills, artistic places, and town greens in every part of the state. — Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

One vendor selling products at the market is a fresh flour producer who actually mills the flour in-house. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mills

Noun

The six new machines are currently at different stages of commercialization, meaning not all of the equipment has necessarily entered large-scale use in semiconductor factories.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Meta is building a data center in the nearby town of Kuna, and Micron is putting up two semiconductor factories in the metro area, pouring billions of dollars into the region.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of factories

Verb

Higher prices come as Ukraine pounds Russian refineries, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Part of the problem is that every summer, water pounds down on sidewalks in the Treasure Valley, drops rippling on glassy reflective surfaces, all because of sprinkler jets overshooting the grass and landing on pavement.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of pounds

Verb

Finance ministers and central bank officials of G20 countries convene in Asheville, North Carolina on Monday and Tuesday as the US-Iran war grinds into its sixth month, raising inflation expectations and keeping energy prices elevated.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
As Poles grinds through his Sunday, The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain and Dan Wiederer offer this roster projection.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of grinds

Noun

As more and more quick service businesses like coffee, ice cream, sandwich shops and more are soliciting gratuity with rising prices from inflation, experts say consumer frustration is growing.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
The brand also has a successful golf business and sells to high-end resorts and green-grass shops including Pebble Beach and other clubs across America.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shops

Verb

Once there, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf watch as the butterfly approaches the outstretched hand of a woman whose face is obscured, before the ominous presence crushes it in her hands.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026
Katie Ledecky crushes the world record in the 1,500 freestyle for her second gold medal at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026