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milling

/ˈmɪlɪŋ/

milling noun: such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour. Also the present participle and gerund of mill.

Noun

milling (countable and uncountable, plural millings)

  1. Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
  2. Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
  3. A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
  4. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
    1. The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
  5. A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

Proper noun capitalized: Milling

Milling (plural Millings)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

milling is also the present participle and gerund of mill.

milling meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

milling in Hindi

मिलिंग, मिलिंग करना

milling in Tamil

மில்லிங்

milling in Marathi

मिलिंग

milling in Bengali

মিলিং, মিলিং করা
More languagesFewer languages
milling in Telugu
మిల్లింగ్, మిల్లింగ్కు
milling in Malayalam
മില്ലിംഗ്, മിൽഡിംഗ്
milling in Kannada
ಮಿಲ್ಲಿಂಗ್
milling in Punjabi
ਮਿੱਲਿੰਗ, ਮਿਲਿੰਗ
milling in Gujarati
મિલિંગ
milling in Odia
ମିଲିଂ, ମିଲ୍ିଂ
milling in Nepali
मिलिंग, मिलिंङ

Examples of milling in a sentence

  • The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
  • Improper cooling and a dull milling cutter on titanium can gall the surface.
  • Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.

All 32 example sentences with milling

Forms of milling

Noun
pluralmillings
Proper noun
pluralMillings

Words formed from milling

Phrases with milling

Words that rhyme with milling

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Questions about milling

What does milling mean?
Milling means such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
What is milling in Hindi?
Milling in Hindi is मिलिंग, मिलिंग करना. See Milling meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is milling?
Milling can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce milling?
Milling is pronounced /ˈmɪlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of milling?
The plural of milling is millings.

Words near milling in the dictionary

  1. millines
  2. millinet
  3. millinets
  4. millinewton
  5. millinewtons
  6. milling
  7. milling about
  8. milling around
  9. milling cutter
  10. milling cutters
  11. milling frolic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milling (page history and authors); Milling (page history and authors); milling (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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