MILLING MACHINERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milling machinery mean? 

• MILLING MACHINERY (noun)
  The noun MILLING MACHINERY has 1 sense:

1. machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

  Familiarity information: MILLING MACHINERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLING MACHINERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grinder; mill; milling machinery

Hypernyms ("milling machinery" is a kind of...):

machinery (machines or machine systems collectively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "milling machinery"):

cider mill (mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider)

coffee grinder; coffee mill (a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans)

flour mill (a mill for grinding grain into flour)

gristmill (a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain))

meat grinder (a mill for grinding meat)

pepper grinder; pepper mill (a mill for grinding pepper)

quern (a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand)

spicemill (a mill for grinding spices)

tread-wheel; treadmill; treadwheel (a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps)

water mill (a mill powered by a water wheel)

windmill (a mill that is powered by the wind)