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English noun: mill | |||
| 1. | mill (artifact) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | ||
| Synonyms | factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | industrial plant, plant, works | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assembly plant, auto factory, automobile factory, cannery, car factory, chemical plant, foundry, lumbermill, metalworks, paper mill, sawmill, stamp mill, stamping mill, steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks, sweatshop, textile mill | ||
| Part holonym | assembly line, line, production line, shop floor | ||
| Domain category members | closed-circuit television, conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter, uptime | ||
| 2. | Mill (person) Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836) | ||
| Synonyms | James Mill | ||
| Instance hypernym | philosopher | ||
| 3. | Mill (person) English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) | ||
| Synonyms | John Mill, John Stuart Mill | ||
| Instance hypernym | economic expert, economist, philosopher | ||
| 4. | mill (artifact) machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | ||
| Synonyms | grinder, milling machinery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | machinery | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cider mill, coffee grinder, coffee mill, flour mill, gristmill, meat grinder, pepper grinder, pepper mill, quern, spicemill, tread-wheel, treadmill, treadwheel, water mill, windmill | ||
| 5. | mill (act) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | ||
| Synonyms | grind, pulverisation, pulverization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compaction, crunch, crush | ||
English verb: mill | |||
| 1. | mill (motion) move about in a confused manner | ||
| Synonyms | mill about, mill around | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 2. | mill (change) grind with a mill | ||
| Samples | Mill grain. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash | ||
| 3. | mill (contact) produce a ridge around the edge of | ||
| Samples | Mill a coin. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | groove | ||
| 4. | mill (contact) roll out (metal) with a rolling machine | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | roll, roll out | ||
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