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A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
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Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
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The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
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My grandfather worked in a mill.
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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.
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a cider mill; a cane mill
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A machine for grinding and polishing.
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a lapidary mill
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The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
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A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
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a steel mill
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A building housing such a plant.
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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.
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An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
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An engine.
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A boxing match, fistfight.
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(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.
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An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
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A passage underground through which ore is shot.
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A milling cutter.
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A treadmill.
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A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.