Synonyms for mill
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1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory(noun)

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

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

2. Mill, James Mill(noun)

   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 Mill(noun)

   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 machinery(noun)

   machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

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

5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation(verb)

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

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

6. mill, mill about, mill around(verb)

   move about in a confused manner

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

7. mill(verb)

   grind with a mill

   "mill grain"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

8. mill(verb)

   produce a ridge around the edge of

   "mill a coin"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

9. mill(verb)

   roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

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1. mill(3)

   John Stuart Mill.

   Synonyms:
   \u20A5, permille, \u2030

2. mill(3)

   (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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. mill(n.)

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

2. mill(n.)

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

3. mill(n.)

   Synonyms:
   fight, contest

4. mill(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   stamp (as coin) on the edge

5. mill(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   full (as cloth)

6. mill(v. a.)

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

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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. Pratt Industries chairman Anthony Pratt:

   If it wasnt for your presidency, this mill would not be here today.

2. Roberto Campa:

   (The five young people) were burnt and then afterwards their remains were pulverized, certainly at a sugar mill, and they were then dumped into a small river.

3. Mercy Yialase:

   I can't mill because the marketers are not coming.

4. 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.

5. Donald Gregory:

   American Subcontractors Association certainly isn't the run of the mill activity, even in this post-recession environment that has probably brought some poor habits to the construction industry, some developers have made themselves very wealthy in this country by squeezing five or 10 percent out of folks.

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