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[mɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour
- a factory fitted with machinery for a particular manufacturing process
(e.g: a steel mill)
- an engine
- a boxing match or a fist fight
Phrases:
- go through the mill
- put someone through the mill
Origin
:
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’
[mɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- grind (something) in a mill
(e.g: hard wheats are easily milled into white flour)
- cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool
(e.g: in the machine shop we mill and grind the castings)
- (of people or animals) move around in a confused mass
(e.g: tourists were milling about in the lobby)
- thicken (wool or another animal fibre) by fulling it
(e.g: ordinary wool blankets are made by milling a woven wool fabric)
Phrases:
- go through the mill
- put someone through the mill
Origin
:
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’
[mɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a monetary unit used only in calculations, worth one thousandth of a dollar
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 18th century: from Latin millesimum ‘thousandth part’; compare with cent
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