Unscramble mills

Definition of mills

noun:

• United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855). Synonyms: Mills, Robert Mills.
• a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing. Synonyms: factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill.
• Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836). Synonyms: James Mill, Mill.
• English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873). Synonyms: John Mill, John Stuart Mill, Mill.
• machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing. Synonyms: grinder, mill, milling machinery.
• the act of grinding to a powder or dust. Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization.

verb:

• move about in a confused manner. Synonyms: mill, mill about, mill around.
• grind with a mill; "mill grain". Synonyms: mill.
• produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin". Synonyms: mill.
• roll out (metal) with a rolling machine. Synonyms: mill.

Related words

cannery, foundry, gristmill, lumbermill, metalworks, quern, sawmill, spicemill, steelworks, sweatshop, treadmill, treadwheel, windmill.

Words nearby

mill, sills.

Rhymes with

sills.