"mills" in the noun sense

1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory

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

2. Mill, James Mill

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

3. Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill

English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)

4. mill, grinder, milling machinery

machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

"mills" in the verb sense

1. mill, mill about, mill around

move about in a confused manner

2. mill

grind with a mill

"mill grain"

3. mill

produce a ridge around the edge of

"mill a coin"

4. mill

roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

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