Synonyms for MILL
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1. mill3

   John Stuart Mill.

   Synonyms:
   , permille

2. mill3

   (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

   I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.

   Synonyms:
   wander, roam

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1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactorynoun

   a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, pulverisation, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, mill, factory

2. Mill, James Millnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, pulverisation, factory

3. Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Millnoun

   English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, pulverisation, factory

4. mill, grinder, milling machinerynoun

   machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

   Synonyms:
   factory, submarine sandwich, grind, poor boy, zep, sub, hoagie, hero, molar, mill, manufacturing plant, hero sandwich, pulverization, grinder, manufactory, milling machinery, bomber, submarine, hoagy, wedge, torpedo, pulverisation

5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

   Synonyms:
   drudgery, factory, grind, plodding, nerd, dweeb, mill, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisation

6. mill, mill about, mill aroundverb

   move about in a confused manner

   Synonyms:
   lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, linger, mess about, lollygag, loiter, mill, lounge, mill about, hang around, loaf, mill around

7. millverb

   grind with a mill

   "mill grain"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

8. millverb

   produce a ridge around the edge of

   "mill a coin"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

9. millverb

   roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

Matched Categories

1. • Economist
   • Grind
   • Groove
   • Move
   • Philosopher
   • Plant
   • Roll Out

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

2. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] one tenth of a cent

3. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   fight, contest

4. millverb

   Synonyms:
   stamp (as coin) on the edge

5. millverb

   Synonyms:
   full (as cloth)

6. millverb

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] beat (with the fists)

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1. List of paraphrases for "mill":

   moulin, plant, factory, sawmill, windmill, mills, plants, usine, manufactures, grinder, fabrique, bailer, steelworks, facility, factories, moulins

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How to use MILL in a sentence?

1. Ned Hill:

   When you attracted the steel mill years ago, you got 2,000 employees. When you attract a data center, you get maybe 50.

2. Regina Ruette:

   Financing conditions deteriorated a lot when we were finishing the second mill, then we had several years of low sugar and ethanol prices.

3. Guy Adoua:

   WFP is extremely concerned by this alarming level of hunger, this is not the usual run-of-the-mill emergency. People are left with nothing.

4. Zhao Yang:

   We are not sure whether the capacity of the facility could meet all the demand and protect the environment from damage, compared with Guangdong, where our fabric mill sites are, Xinjiang's water is very scarce.

5. Bambang Susigit:

   There are more than 300 people, access to workers to the site is closed. There is now negotiations to allow site and mill maintenance workers to pass through the protest.