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Mill

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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Broader term 12

Bray 76% connected

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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Comminute 76% connected

To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the…

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Compaction 76% connected

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

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Crunch 76% connected

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Grind 76% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Groove 76% connected

A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a dep…

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Machinery 76% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

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Mash 76% connected

A mesh.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Cannery 76% connected

A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

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Foundry 76% connected

The act, process, or art of casting metals.

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Gristmill 76% connected

A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.

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Quern 76% connected

A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

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Sawmill 76% connected

A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.

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Treadmill 76% connected

A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison d…

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Treadwheel 76% connected

A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

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Water mill 76% connected

A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.

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Windmill 76% connected

A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.

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Bray 74% connected

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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Bray 74% connected

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grinder 74% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

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Grinder 74% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

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Component part 1

Line 70% connected

Flax; linen.

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Synonym 5

Factory 92% connected

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

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Grind 92% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grinder 92% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manufactory 92% connected

Manufacture.

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Pulverization 92% connected

The action of reducing to dust or powder.

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