mill – English noun declension

English noun forms of mill

Noun: mill
Singularmill
Pluralmills; mill

Sample Sentences

  • 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. [1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XV, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 112:]
  • On Sept. 9 a boiler exploded in Hanke's flouring mill, […] [1880 January 1, The Locomotive, volume 1, number 1, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection And Insurance Company, page 9:]
  • Under the reorganization the branch mill was designated as Dah Sun Mill No. 2. In subsequent years Chang Chien had ambitious plans for further expansion. Eventually four Dah Sun mills were established, two in Nan-t'ung and one each in Ch'ung-ming and Hai-men, although plans for the founding of mills in Ju-kao, Tung-t'ai, Yen-ch'eng, and elsewhere in Kiangsu were never realized. [1965, Samuel C. Chu, Reformer in Mondern China Chang Chien, 1853-1926, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:]
  • That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn. [2026, Sandi Rosner, “Knudsen Knits: Sourcing & Milling Local Heritage-Breed Wool”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 39:]
  • a cider mill; a cane mill
  • a lapidary mill
  • Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.
  • After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.
  • Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.
  • My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.
  • Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?
  • Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?
  • Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.
  • They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.
  • […] he is relieved from present responsibility to the Chicken, by the absence of that game head of poultry in the country, training (at Toots's cost) for his great mill with the Larkey Boy. [1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:]
  • The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress. [1902 October 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 5, column 6:]
  • The name of the "white hope" against whom Billy was to go was sufficient to draw a fair house, and there were some there who had seen Billy in other fights and looked for a good mill. [1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:]
  • They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.
  • Near-synonym: country
  • The geologists were responsible for keeping the work within the mill.
  • They kept us in line by threatening to put us on the mill twice as long if we complained.
  • Next morning they put me on the treadmill along with the others: At first, not knowing how to dance it, I cut all my shin with the steps; they did not flog me then — […] They keep on putting her on the mill for a week, and flog her every time […] [1837, James Williams, A Narrative of Events Since the First of August, 1834, page 9:]
  • He spent some time in the mill after that escapade.
  • In other words, get a mill in your operating position by hook or crook and use it regularly. At the N.C.R. Radio Schools touch typing is taught at the same time code proficiency is advanced. [1941, QST, volume 25, numbers 2–6, page 90:]
  • You can read it all right, but the pencil seems to be getting a little sluggish — better make a grab for a "mill." [1986, Ham Radio Magazine, volume 19, page 66:]

Etymology

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. See: Middle English Nouns 'mylne', Old English Nouns 'mylen', Latin Nouns 'molō', English Nouns 'millstone'.