flour mill

American  

noun

1. a mill for grinding grain into flour.

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Etymology

Origin of flour mill

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Ukraine’s real-life version of James Bond, Artem Tymofeyev, is a bearded DJ who posted on SoundCloud under the name Tim and had worked at his father’s Russian flour mill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill, a key part of the regeneration of the Gateshead quayside on the south bank of the River Tyne.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

The demonstration includes a mini flour mill to grind wheat kernels, an example of a water well, and a piping hot oven.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

A little uphill, a flour mill, its whitewashed walls reverberating with the clatter of mechanical grinders, cleansed the air with the smell of spices and durum.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

She went to a flour mill for flour sacks, bleached them, and made them into dish towels that she sold around town.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown