- 1a building fitted with machinery for grinding grain into flour see watermill, windmill
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- 2(often in compounds) a factory that produces a particular type of material a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill mill owners/workers see rolling mill, sawmill Thesaurusfactory
- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop/shop
- foundry
- factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made:a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
- plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:a nuclear power plant a manufacturing plant a bottling plant
- mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:a steel/cotton/paper/textile/woolen mill
- works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:a brickworks a steelworks Raw materials were carried to the works by rail.
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:a shipyard
- workshop/shop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery:a car repair shop a sheet metal workshop
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:an iron foundry
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/(work)shop
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
- 3(often in compounds) a small machine for crushing or grinding a solid substance into powder a pepper mill see run-of-the-mill, treadmill Idioms
to have or make someone have a difficult time They really put me through the mill in my interview.
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