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{
"term": "mill",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/ki/kitchen_crushing_grating_squeezing.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a building fitted with equipment for grinding grain into flour; a machine for grinding grain",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The old mill has been converted into apartments."
},
{
"text": "The mill can be seen grinding wheat."
},
{
"text": "The river was harnessed to drive many mills."
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings", "Farming"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["corn", "flour", "grain"],
"verb + mill": ["operate", "convert", "restore"],
"mill + verb": ["grind something"],
"mill + noun": ["stone", "wheel"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a factory that produces a particular type of material",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill**"
},
{
"text": "**mill owners/workers**"
},
{
"text": "a textile/woollen mill"
},
{
"text": "a northern mill town"
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cotton", "feed", "jute"],
"verb + mill": ["operate", "own", "run"],
"mill + verb": ["produce something"],
"mill + noun": ["town", "buildings", "hand"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a small machine for grinding a solid substance into powder",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pepper mill"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have or make somebody have a difficult time",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They really put me through the mill in my interview."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "something that is useful to somebody for a particular purpose",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɪl/",
"audio": "mi/mill/mill__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɪl/",
"audio": "mi/mill/mill__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’."
}