Tra từ mill - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mill [mill mills milled milling] noun, verb BrE [mɪl] NAmE [mɪl]
noun

1. a building fitted with machinery for ↑grinding grain into flour
see also ↑watermill, ↑windmill
2. (often in compounds)a factory that produces a particular type of material
•a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill
•mill owners/workers
see also ↑rolling mill, ↑sawmill
3. (often in compounds)a small machine for crushing or ↑grinding a solid substance into powder
•a pepper mill
see also ↑run-of-the-mill, ↑treadmill
more at (all) grist to the/sb's mill at ↑grist

Word Origin:
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.

Synonyms:
factory
plant • mill • works • yard • workshop • foundry
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.
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
mill • a factory that produces a particular type of material: ▪ a cotton/paper/textile/woollen 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 barge.
yard • (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth: ▪ a shipyard
workshop • a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery: ▪ a car repair 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/works
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

Example Bank:
•The mill can be seen grinding wheat.
•The mill has been converted into apartments.
•The river was harnessed to drive many mills.
•a northern mill town
•a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
Idioms: ↑go through the mill ▪ ↑put somebody through the mill
Derived: ↑mill around

verb often passive ~ sth
to crush or ↑grind sth in a ↑mill
see also ↑milling
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.

See also: ↑mill about