mill
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Is mill a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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What is the meaning of mill?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)Examples: "Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?"derogatoryfigurativelyusually
2. (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.Examples: "Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?"derogatoryfiguratively
3. (informal) An engine.Examples: "Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads."informal
4. (informal, archaic) A boxing match or fistfight.Examples: "They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in."; "[…] he is relieved from present responsibility to the Chicken, by the absence of that game head of poultry in the country, training (at Toots's cost) for his great mill with the Larkey Boy."; "The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress."archaicinformal
5. (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
6. (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.Examples: "They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.Examples: "to mill flour"transitive
2. (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.transitive
3. (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).transitive
4. (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.Examples: "I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops."; "The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge."; "As guests milled around them, he [Zuckerberg] described his goal of turning every person in the country with an internet connection into a Facebook user."Synonyms: roam, wanderintransitiveusually
5. (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.Examples: "to mill cattle"transitive
6. (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
noun (English)
1. One thousandth part.Examples: "For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick."Synonyms: thoualt-ofalternative
2. One thousandth part.Examples: "For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter."Synonyms: mmabbreviationalt-ofclippinginformal
noun (English)
1. (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).alt-ofalternativeinformal
verb (English)
1. (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.transitive
2. (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.Examples: "what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled?"Synonyms: burntransitive
noun (English)
1. (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.Examples: "he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas"countableuncountable
2. (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.Examples: "Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games."; "Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy."countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary