powder mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of powder mill
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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It was the second construction contract to be let in 1940's defense emergency for a powder mill to be operated by private industry, owned by the Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
They changed the 149-year-old company from a successful powder mill in Wilmington, Del., into a chemical cornucopia.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They showed me everything—their gunshop, their powder mill, their defenses, everything."
From The Return by John Joseph McGuire
In 1775 he engraved the plates and printed the bills of the paper money of Massachusetts, and later he built and operated a powder mill.
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris
But he reversed matters when it came to visiting the powder mill on the island: he became the host and took them by helicopter to the island and then for a trip up the river.
From The Return by John Joseph McGuire
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