English Dictionary

mill

IPA（発音記号）

/mɪl/

名詞

比喩的用法 軽蔑的 くだけた表現 歴史的

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. / The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

日本語の意味

穀物や種子などを粉にするための粉砕装置 / その粉砕装置を備えた建物

The old mill by the river still produced flour long after the factory had closed.

川沿いの古い製粉機は、工場が閉鎖された後も長い間小麦粉を作り続けた。

意味（1）

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.

意味（2）

The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

My grandfather worked in a mill.

意味（3）

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 cider mill; a cane mill

意味（4）

A machine for grinding and polishing.

a lapidary mill

意味（5）

The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.

意味（6）

A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.

a steel mill

意味（7）

A building housing such a plant.

意味（8）

(figuratively) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.

意味（9）

(figuratively, derogatory) An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised

意味（10）

(informal) An engine.

意味（11）

(informal) A boxing match, fistfight.

[…] 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.

意味（12）

(die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.

意味（13）

(mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

意味（14）

(mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.

意味（15）

A milling cutter.

意味（16）

(historical) A prison treadmill.

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 […]

意味（17）

(CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.

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.

mills （ plural ）