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Mill - Definition and Overview |
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The term "mill", when used by itself, can refer to:
- Mill (factory) - a place of business for making articles of manufacture, e.g. a textile mill is a factory for making textiles, a sawmill cuts timber, a steel mill manufactures steel, a sugar mill (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products.
- Mill (grinding) - a mill powered by wind (windmill) or water (water mill), for the grinding or pulverizing of raw materials, e.g. wheat, with the help of mill stones; or an oil mill. See also : expeller, extruder, vegetable oil.
- Mill (currency) - a tenth of a cent / penny.
- Mill - three in a row from the game Nine Men's Morris.
- Major Indoor Lacrosse League - Indoor Lacrosse league, rebranded in 2001 as the National Lacrosse League.
- John Stuart Mill - the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century.
See also: mil
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