Mill

The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: mill

Mill could mean:

• Mill (grinding), equipment for the grinding or pulverizing of raw materials using millstones
  • a gristmill grinds grain into flour
  • windmill, wind powered
  • watermill, water powered
  • horse mill, animal powered
  • treadwheel, human powered (archaic: "treadmill")
• Mill (factory), a place of business for making articles of manufacture. The term mill was once in common use for a factory because many factories in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution were powered by a watermill, but nowadays it is only used in a few specific contexts; e.g.
  • a cotton mill is a factory for processing cotton
  • a paper mill produces paper
  • a sawmill cuts timber
  • a steel mill manufactures steel
  • a sugar mill (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products
  • a huller (also called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used to hull rice
• Milling machine, machine tool that operates by moving a work piece against a cutter.
• Stamp mill, a specialized machine for reducing ore to powder for further processing or for fracturing other materials
• Mill (currency), a tenth of a cent/penny
• The standard author abbreviation Mill. may be used to indicate botanist Philip Miller's work when citing a botanical name
• Diploma mill or degree mill an organization which awards academic degrees and diplomas with very little or no academic study and without recognition by official accrediting bodies
• Nine Men's Morris, a traditional board game; the term "mill" may also mean "three (playing pieces) in a row" within the game
• Mill (Netherlands), a town in the municipality of Mill en Sint Hubert
• Arithmetical unit, used in the context of Charles Babbage's Analytical engine, a 19th-century concept of a computer
• Windmill (breakdance move) or mill, a power move in breakdancing
• The Mill (post-production), a visual effects company

People named Mill:

• Andy Mill, skier
• Frank Mill, German football player (World Cup winner, Summer Olympics bronze medalist)
• Harriet Taylor Mill, philosopher
• James Mill, a Scottish historian, economist and philosopher
• John Stuart Mill, an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

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