Mill (factory), a place of business for making articles of manufacture. The term mill was once in common use for a factory because many factories in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution were powered by a watermill, but nowadays it is only used in a few specific contexts; e.g.,
textile mill (disambiguation)
silk mill, for silk
flax mill, for flax
cotton mill, for cotton
a paper mill produces paper
a sawmill cuts timber
a gristmill grinds grain into flour
a steel mill manufactures steel
a sugar mill (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products
a huller (also called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used to hull rice
a powder mill produces gunpowder
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