millable
Use Millable in a sentence
ə adjective
capable of being milled: millable wheat.
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mill1 (mɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a building in which grain is crushed and ground to make flour |
| 2. | a factory, esp one which processes raw materials: a steel mill |
| 3. | any of various processing or manufacturing machines, esp one that grinds, presses, or rolls |
| 4. | coffee mill See also pepper mill any of various small hand mills used for grinding pepper, salt, or coffee for domestic purposes |
| 5. | a hard roller for impressing a design, esp in a textile-printing machine or in a machine for printing banknotes |
| 6. | a system, institution, etc, that influences people or things in the manner of a factory: going through the educational mill |
| 7. | an unpleasant experience; ordeal (esp in the phrases goorbe put through the mill) |
| 8. | a fist fight |
| 9. | run of the mill ordinary or routine |
| —vb | |
| 10. | (tr) to grind, press, or pulverize in or as if in a mill |
| 11. | (tr) to process or produce in or with a mill |
| 12. | to cut or roll (metal) with or as if with a milling machine |
| 13. | (tr) to groove or flute the edge of (a coin) |
| 14. | (intr; |
| 15. | rare (usually tr) to beat (chocolate, etc) |
| 16. | archaic, slang to fight, esp with the fists |
| [Old English mylen from Late Latin molīna a mill, from Latin mola mill, millstone, from molere to grind] | |
| 'millable1 | |
| —adj | |
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Millable
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
Harvested sugarcane samples were topped in the field, and millable fresh stalk weight was recorded.
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