mill

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)

Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.

[…] for the Townsfolk will go to thy mill, and grind their corn […] at their own good pleasure; nor can I hinder them, since they are free men.

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; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.

a cider mill; a cane mill

A machine for grinding and polishing.

a lapidary mill

A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.

Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.

To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

to mill flour

To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.

To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).

To move about in an aimless fashion.

I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.

The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge.

To cause to mill, or circle around.

to mill cattle

One thousandth part.

Holonyms: cent < dollar

The U.S. has never minted a mill coin, but the Coinage Act of 1792 describes this and other subdivisions of the U.S. dollar.

One thousandth part.

They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year.

One thousandth part.

For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick.

One thousandth part.

For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.