Mill

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mill

Mill may refer to:

Mill (grinding), equipment for the grinding or pulverizing of raw materials using millstones
- windmill, wind powered
- watermill, water powered
- horse mill, animal powered
- treadwheel, human powered (archaic: "treadmill")
Mill (factory), a place of business for making articles of manufacture. The term mill was once in common use for a factory because many factories in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution were powered by a watermill, but nowadays it is only used in a few specific contexts; e.g.
- a cotton mill is a factory for processing cotton
- a paper mill produces paper
- a sawmill cuts timber
- a gristmill grinds grain into flour
- a steel mill manufactures steel
- a sugar mill (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products
- a huller (also called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used to hull rice
Milling machine, metalworking machine that operates by moving a cutting bit
Stamp mill, a specialized machine for reducing ore to powder for further processing or for fracturing other materials
Mill (currency), a tenth of a cent/penny
The standard author abbreviation Mill. may be used to indicate botanist Philip Miller's work when citing a botanical name
Diploma mill or degree mill an organization which awards academic degrees and diplomas with very little or no academic study and without recognition by official accrediting bodies
Nine Men's Morris, a traditional board game; the term "mill" may also mean "three (playing pieces) in a row" within the game
Mill (Netherlands), a town in the municipality of Mill en Sint Hubert
Arithmetical unit, used in the context of Charles Babbage's Analytical engine, a 19th century concept of a computer
Windmill (breakdance move) or mill, a power move in breakdancing
The Mill (post-production), a visual effects company

People named Mill:

Andy Mill, skier
Frank Mill, German football player (World Cup winner, Summer Olympics bronze medalist)
Harriet Taylor Mill, philosopher
James Mill, a Scottish historian, economist and philosopher
John Stuart Mill, an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

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