mill
/mɪl/ · noun
Meaning
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
- 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.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
- To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
- An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.
- A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
- A former subdivision (1/1000) of the Maltese lira
- (plural "mil") Abbreviation of million.
- A unit of measure of capacity, being one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: ml
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (trading card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (trading card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- (trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
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