Mill

The term "mill", depending on context, can refer to:

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• 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) water, (watermill) or an animal (horse mill, treadwheel) 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)
• Milling machines are metalworking machines that operate by moving a cutting bit.
• John Stuart Mill – an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century
• 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
• Mill (currency) – a tenth of a cent/penny
• Major Indoor Lacrosse League – the Indoor Lacrosse league, rebranded in 2001 as the National Lacrosse League

See also: mil

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