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
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
Mr. Bourgeois of the flour mill outside Paris was preparing for just that situation.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
She and her husband owned a flour mill and promised that Jadzia would never go hungry.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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