mill - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • advertize: He advertised the mill for removal in July 1863.
  • renovate: MORE » Dark Thread Kate and her mother are artisan weavers with a workshop in a renovated mill.
  • erect: Most of the factory output was for the home market, although they later erected a large mill at Newark, New Jersey.
  • convert: Mr. Hughes converted the mill for use as holiday lets and added the single story extensions.

Adjective modifier

  • woolen: The village has a history of woolen mills which used to service the island's hundreds of farms in times past.
  • water-powered: Mill Green Museum is a working water-powered corn mill situated near Welwyn Garden City.
  • satanic: From the industrial archeology perspective, those satanic mills are full of an interest that their real occupants may not have appreciated.
  • spinning: The Ordnance Survey found the five story spinning mill in course of erection.
  • converted: By the riverside you will find Cargill's Visitor Center, a converted corn mill.
  • textile: Last time we visited the mill we met a woman who worked in a textile mill in Leeds almost 50 years ago.

Modifies a noun

  • leat: The fosse or mill leat followed the conformation of the hill.
  • pond: Water to the mill pond is supplied by two springs.
  • dam: The mill dams on the River Frome were preventing the free flow of the river's water.
  • brook: A sanctuary with beautiful gardens, Cook and terrace overlooking mill brook.

Noun used with modifier

  • corn: The Brindley Mill is a working water powered corn mill built in 1752 by James Brindley.
  • flour: The former flour mill is now the North's premier art gallery.
  • cotton: By 1789 there were no less than 20 water powered cotton mills in the Derwent Valley alone.
  • rumor: The rumor mill has been in full flow for months now.
  • flax: In the flax mill, Marshall added ventilation and heating, with baths and changing rooms added later.
  • saw: The photo above shows an aerial view of the saw mill.

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