Kilo Lingo

/mɪl/

Line drawing of mill
Coloured illustration of mill
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Translation

A building or machine that grinds grain into flour, or a factory that makes things like paper, steel, or cloth.

Word origin

From Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, built on Latin molere, to grind.

Origin
Latin
Root
molere
English cognates
molar

Examples

grinds flour.

A mill turns grain into flour for bread.

windmill .

Wind and water were the old ways to power a mill.

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A "mill" can also be a factory that makes one material.

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This word is part of lesson 54.