Synonyms for mill
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Cc — clipping of milliliter
cc, ml, millilitre UK, cubic centimeter, milliliter
3. Factory
factory, manufactory dated
4. Grind
Other
milling machine, milling cutter, grinder, mile, country, works, beat, angular mil, treadmill, knock-off, thou, millimeter US, millimetre UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
- n. 2
The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.
- n. 3
A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
a cider mill; a cane mill
- n. 4
A machine for grinding and polishing.
Related words
- Word family
- miller milling millman millpond millpool millrind millstone millwork
- Phrases
- mill about mill around gin mill rice mill mill race rumor mill fanning mill feed mill
- Is a kind of
- machine
- Other spellings
- mil
Forms
- Plural
- mills → milliliters, mike-mikes, millesimals, factories…
Example sentences
- milliliter The average sperm count is around 1,500 sperm per milliliter.
- mm "Is it fine to change the channel?" "Mm, yeah."
- factory The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.
- grind You need to take a step back from the daily grind.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mill | falling | |
| milliliter | falling | |
| mm | falling | |
| factory | falling | |
| grind | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- mm0, cc2, ml
- 4 letters
- beat1, mile1, thou1
- 5 letters
- works1, grind1
- 7 letters
- country2, factory3, grinder2
- 9 letters
- treadmill2
- 10 letters
- millimeter4, millimetre4, milliliter4, millilitre4, millesimal
- 11 letters
- manufactory
- 13 letters
- pulverization, pulverisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cc2 = 2 syllables).