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noun for making flour ADJ. corn, flour | water (also watermill) VERB + MILL operate, work | convert, restore living in a converted watermill | drive, power The river was harnessed to drive many mills. MILL + VERB grind sth, work sth The mill can be seen grinding corn. MILL + NOUN house | wheel factory ADJ. cotton, paper, steel, textile, woollen VERB + MILL operate, own, run | work in MILL + VERB manufacture sth, produce sth MILL + NOUN town a northern mill town | buildings
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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mill around
( UK also mill about )
If a group of people mill around, they move about with no particular purpose or in no fixed direction, sometimes while waiting for someone
• In the village square, people were milling about in the sunshine.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs