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Word entry · 4 letters

mill

Best crossword clue

"Factory for grain"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /mɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted illmStarts with MEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
1M2I3L4L

Definitions

  1. Machine or building for grinding grain or processing material; also to grind with such a machine.

Word origin

From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moline, moulin, and blin.

Used in a sentence

  • Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
  • My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.
  • […] for the Townsfolk will go to thy mill, and grind their corn […] at their own good pleasure; nor can I hinder them, since they are free men.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Factory for grain4 letters
02Grinding factory4 letters

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