| Front | mill |
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| Back | millnoun, verbBrE /mɪl/NAmE /mɪl/ noun 1 a building fitted with machinery for grinding grain into flour see also watermill, windmill2 (often in compounds) a factory that produces a particular type of materiala cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill mill owners/workers see also rolling mill, sawmill3 (often in compounds) a small machine for crushing or grinding a solid substance into powdera pepper mill see also run-of-the-mill, treadmillgo through the ˈmill| put sb through the ˈmillto have or make sb have a difficult timeThey really put me through the mill in my interview. more at (all) grist to the/sb's mill at grist verb [often passive] ~ sthto crush or grind sth in a millˌmill aˈround(BrE also ˌmill aˈbout)(especially of a large group of people) to move around an area without seeming to be going anywhere in particularFans were milling around outside the hotel. see also milling |
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