moulin

[ moo-lan ]

noun

1. a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.

Moulin

¹

/ mulɛ̃ /

noun

1. MoulinJean18991943MFrenchLAW: lawyerPOLITICS: resistance fighter Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1899–1943, French lawyer and Resistance hero; Chairman of the National Council of the Resistance (1943): tortured to death by the Nazis

moulin

²

/ ˈmuːlɪn /

noun

1. a vertical shaft in a glacier, maintained by a constant descending stream of water and debris

Word History and Origins

Origin of moulin¹

1855–60; < French < Late Latin molīnum mill ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of moulin¹

C19: from French: a mill

Example Sentences

My favorite movies were Moulin Rouge and Gone with the Wind.

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And if you are imagining Satine from Moulin Rouge floating around on a diamond swing, think again.

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Indeed, a poll of British moviegoers in 2010 anointed Moulin Rouge!

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The Australian filmmaker Luhrmann, best known for the boisterous Bohemian musical Moulin Rouge!

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It cries out to be a Russian Moulin Rouge; it will only be a matter of time before we see Thomas on the big screen.

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Ils ne manquerent aussi d'exercice remettre & couvrir les batimens & le moulin delaissez depuis ntre retour en l'an 1607.

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Ceux qui portoient le bl au moulin, de quinze boisseaux n'en rendoient que douze de farine au lieu de dix-huict.

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Soyer led him as far as the Moulin des Quatre-Vents on the highroad.

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Dodo made his dbut at the Moulin Rouge at eight o'clock on the evening of his first day in Paris.

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And your boat is safe in the top nook of Port du Moulin, all covered over with sailcloth and gorse.

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