flour mill

noun

1. a mill for grinding grain into flour.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flour mill¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Electric Group then said they would rename the building and would not reference its flour mill origins.

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

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Seeking crops for domestic use and export, Al Dahra farms wheat and barley in Romania, operates a flour mill in Bulgaria, and owns milking cows in Serbia.

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Phelps Fisher, today a vigorous 90-year-old, worked his way up from the flour mill to chair the board of Fisher Communications.

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As prices soar, food is scarce and likely to become scarcer still; over the weekend, the country’s largest flour mill was destroyed in fighting.

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