coffee mill

American  

noun

1. a small mill for grinding roasted coffee beans.

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coffee mill British  

noun

1. a machine for grinding roasted coffee beans

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Etymology

Origin of coffee mill

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

That is, until I learned I could grind them in a spice or coffee mill, mix them with water and add them to boxed brownie mix as an egg replacement.

From Salon

For now, she is using it to store empty gin bottles and her coffee mill.

From New York Times

Standing beneath the three-story coffee mill his father bought in 1959, he says, “If coffee prices don’t go up, we are going to be in serious problems. We may even have to close.”

From BusinessWeek

My mother was the possessor of a coffee mill.

From Project Gutenberg

Many lived on corn meal, ground on the coffee mill.

From Project Gutenberg