coffee-mill

Noun

coffee mill (plural coffee mills)

1. A mill at which coffee beans are dried, roasted, and ground prior to sale.
   • A good road leads to Pohoiki, once the site of a coffee mill and a prosperous village, but now almost deserted.1985, John R. K. Clark, Beaches of the Big Island, page 41
2. A device designed for grinding coffee beans.
   • The best way to do the grinding is in an electric coffee mill, if you happen to have one, but the old mortar-and-pestle routine works well, too.1998, Glenn Andrews, Growing & Using Cilantro: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin, page A-181

   Synonyms:

   coffee grinder