ENGLISH: mill - CREOLE: moulen



Overview of noun mill



The noun mill has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (4) factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory -- (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)

2. Mill, James Mill -- (Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836))

3. Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill -- (English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873))

4. mill, grinder, milling machinery -- (machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing)

5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation -- (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)



Overview of verb mill



The verb mill has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) mill, mill about, mill around -- (move about in a confused manner)

2. (1) mill -- (grind with a mill; "mill grain")

3. mill -- (produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin")

4. mill -- (roll out (metal) with a rolling machine)

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