flour mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flour mill
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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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
Phelps Fisher, today a vigorous 90-year-old, worked his way up from the flour mill to chair the board of Fisher Communications.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
In 1772, three Quaker brothers established a flour mill on its banks, and Ellicott’s Mills, as it was known then, was born.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022
My father said we had no choice but to move the family to Wushi, to the south near Shanghai, where my mother’s brother owned a small flour mill.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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