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MILLRUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does millrun mean?
• MILLRUN (noun)
The noun MILLRUN has 1 sense:
1. a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
Familiarity information: MILLRUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
millrace; millrun
Hypernyms ("millrun" is a kind of...):
conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)
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