(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a building in which grain is crushed to make flour.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a small device used for grinding something such as coffee beans or pepper into powder.
...a pepper ~.
= grinder
N-COUNT: supp N
3.
A ~ is a factory used for making and processing materials such as steel, wool, or cotton.
...a steel ~.
...a textile ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
4.
To ~ something such as wheat or pepper means to grind it in a ~.
They ~ 1000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state.
...freshly ~ed black pepper.
VERB: V n, V-ed
5.
grist to the ~: see grist
see also ~ing , rolling ~ , run-of-the-~ , water~