MILLING MACHINERY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

Synonyms:

grinder; mill; milling machinery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("milling machinery" is a kind of...):

machinery (machines or machine systems collectively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "milling machinery"):

cider mill (mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider)

coffee grinder; coffee mill (a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans)

flour mill (a mill for grinding grain into flour)

gristmill (a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain))

meat grinder (a mill for grinding meat)

pepper grinder; pepper mill (a mill for grinding pepper)

quern (a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand)

spicemill (a mill for grinding spices)

tread-wheel; treadmill; treadwheel (a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps)

water mill (a mill powered by a water wheel)

windmill (a mill that is powered by the wind)