Overview of noun mills

The noun mills has 1 sense

• Mills, Robert Mills -- (United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855))

Overview of noun mill

The noun mill has 5 senses

• factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory -- (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)


• Mill, James Mill -- (Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836))


• Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill -- (English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873))


• mill, grinder, milling machinery -- (machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing)


• grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation -- (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)

Overview of verb mill

The verb mill has 4 senses

• mill, mill about, mill around -- (move about in a confused manner)


• mill -- (grind with a mill; "mill grain")


• mill -- (produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin")


• mill -- (roll out (metal) with a rolling machine)