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mill

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a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant

source: wordnet30
Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)(noun.person)

Synonym:
james mill

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English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)(noun.person)

Synonym:
john mill, john stuart mill

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machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
grinder, milling machinery

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the act of grinding to a powder or dust(noun.act)

Synonym:
grind, pulverisation, pulverization

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A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.(noun)

source: webster1913
A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or indented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.(noun)

source: webster1913
Short for Treadmill.(noun)

source: webster1913

move about in a confused manner(verb.motion)

Synonym:
mill about, mill around

source: wordnet30
grind with a mill(verb.change)

Example:
Mill grain.

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produce a ridge around the edge of(verb.contact)

Example:
Mill a coin.

source: wordnet30
roll out (metal) with a rolling machine(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute.(verb)

source: webster1913
To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.(verb)

source: webster1913
To undergo hulling, as maize.(verb)

source: webster1913
To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.(verb)

source: webster1913

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