mill

1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)

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

2. The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

   My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.

   Mühle, Mahlwerk, Mühle

   ме́льницаmélʹnica, дроби́лкаdrobílka, ме́льницаmélʹnica

   млинmlyn, млинmlyn

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; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.

   a cider mill; a cane mill

4. A machine for grinding and polishing.

   a lapidary mill

   фреза́frezá

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

5. A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.

   Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.

6. A milling cutter used on such a machine.

   After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.

7. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.

   Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.

   Fabrik, Werk n Papiermühle

   фа́брикаfábrika, заво́дzavód

   a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

8. The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.

   My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.

9. (derogatory, figuratively, usually)An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)

   Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?

   Getting the book through the editorial mill could take months.

10. (derogatory, figuratively)An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.

    Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?

11. (informal)An engine.

    Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.

12. 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.

1. Tom works at the steel mill.

   ruТом работает на сталелитейном заводе.

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2. Tom works at the mill.

   ruТом работает на мельнице.

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3. Thousands of people were milling around in the square.

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4. That's water to his mill.

   Це вода на його млин.

   ruЭто вода на его мельницу.

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5. It's all grist to his mill.

   Це вода на його млин.

   deDas ist Wasser auf seine Mühle.

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