Synonyms of 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

• factories
• plants
• shops
• works
• workshops
• manufactories
• studios
• sweatshops
• workplaces
• yards
• workrooms
• ateliers

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

• pounds
• grinds
• crushes
• beats
• powders
• pulverizes
• disintegrates
• grates
• crumbles
• brays
• comminutes
• mulls
• atomizes
• fractures
• smashes
• kibbles
• fragments
• crunches
• breaks
• shatters
• splinters
• busts
• dashes
• micronizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mills

Noun

Created in partnership with 11 mills from six countries, the collection features sample garments that show how TENCEL™ Lyocell – HV100 looks in production. — Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

But as the natural resource economy changed and the logging industry shrank, mills closed and jobs vanished. — Saige Miller, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

The wars caused massive destruction of religious and civic buildings, mills and mines, housing, crops, herds and transport infrastructure, damaging prosperity and forcing some people to move or starve. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

The team modeled energy demand profiles for 34 ammonia synthesis plants, nine steel mills, 47 oil refineries, and nearly 1,000 manufacturing sites using process heat. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Unregulated textile factories, iron and steel mills, and Coca-Cola production and chemical plants spewed pollution into the air and water well into the mid-20th century. — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Andrew was in the casket business earlier in his life, but at the time of his death, had moved on to other more lucrative ventures, including the management of multiple textile mills amid the boom of the Industrial Revolution. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Andrew, who became wealthy through investments in banking, real estate, and mills, married his second wife, Abby Gray, on June 6, 1865. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 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