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Definition: Meaning of, mill in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɪl /

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mill mills
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  1. grain a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour
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  2. cotton/cloth/steel a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel
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  3. coffee/pepper mill a small machine for crushing coffee or pepper
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  4. go through the mill to go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems
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  5. put somebody through the mill to make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them
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  6. money American English a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes
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  7. million spoken a million
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
mill milled milled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
milling mills
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  1. to crush grain, pepper etc in a mill
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  2. to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine
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Mill


Definition: Meaning of, Mill in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɪl /

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  1. 1806-1873 english philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism
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    John Mill, John Stuart Mill
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  2. 1773-1836 scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill
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    James Mill
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Mill used in phrases

  • James Mill (noun)
    1. 1773-1836 scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill
  • John Mill (noun)
    1. 1806-1873 english philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism
  • John Stuart Mill (noun)
    1. 1806-1873 english philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism
  • Mill on the Floss, The
    1. (1860) a novel by George ELIOT about Maggie Tulliver, the daughter of a MILLER, and her brother, Tom
  • Mill, John Stuart
    1. (1806-73) a British PHILOSOPHER and economist who influenced modern ideas about politics and economics. He helped to develop the idea of UTILITARIANISM (= the principle that actions are good if they generally bring happiness, and bad if they do not), and in his book On Liberty, he said that people should be free to do what they want so long as they did not harm other people.
  • cider mill (noun)
    1. mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider
  • coffee mill (noun)
    1. a COFFEE GRINDER
  • cotton mill (noun)
    1. a textile mill for making cotton textiles
  • flour mill (noun)
    1. a mill for grinding grain into flour
  • gastric mill (noun)
    1. thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
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Mill used in phrasal verbs

  • mill around (phrasal verb)
    1. to move about in large numbers in a confused way with no particular purpose
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mullioned
Pronunciation: ˈmʌlɪənd
Parts of Speech: adjective
of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone
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