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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
mill



mill [mill mills milled milling] noun, verb BrE [mɪl] NAmE [mɪl]
noun
1. a building fitted with machinery for ↑grinding grain into flour
see also watermill, ↑windmill
2. (often in compounds)a factory that produces a particular type of material
a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill
mill owners/workers
see also rolling mill, ↑sawmill
3. (often in compounds)a small machine for crushing or ↑grinding a solid substance into powder
a pepper mill
see also run-of-the-mill, ↑treadmill
more at (all) grist to the/sb's mill at grist

Word Origin:
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.

Synonyms:
factory
plant • mill • works • yard • workshop • foundry
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.
factory • a building or group of buildings where goods are made: a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
plant • a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place: a nuclear power plant a manufacturing plant
mill • a factory that produces a particular type of material: a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
works • (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place: a brickworks a steelworks Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
yard • (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth: a shipyard
workshop • a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery: a car repair workshop
foundry • a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects: an iron foundry
a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
an engineering plant/works
to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers

Example Bank:
The mill can be seen grinding wheat.
The mill has been converted into apartments.
The river was harnessed to drive many mills.
a northern mill town
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
Idioms:go through the mill put somebody through the mill
Derived:mill around
 
verb often passive ~ sth
to crush or ↑grind sth in a ↑mill
see also milling
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.
 
See also:mill about

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