See Also: mill 1, noun(dictionary)
Mill(medicine)
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run-of-the-mill(dictionary)

mill 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?grain?
2 ?cotton/cloth/steel?
3 coffee/pepper mill
4 go through the mill
5 put somebody through the mill
6 ?money?
7 ?million?
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[Sense: 1-5; Origin: Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, from Latin mola 'mill, millstone']
[Sense: 6; Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: mille 'thousand']
[Sense: 7; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: million]
?GRAIN?
a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour
?COTTON/CLOTH/STEEL?
a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel
cotton/steel/paper etc mill
::an old Victorian cotton mill
coffee/pepper mill
a small machine for crushing coffee or pepper
go through the mill
to go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems
::He's really been through the mill recently.
put sb through the mill
to make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them
::It was a three day course and they really put us through the mill.
?MONEY?
AmE a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes
?MILLION?
spoken a million
::Are you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house?
-see also run-of-the-mill
-see also (all) grist to the mill at grist