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Plural of mill

regular plural

The plural of mill is mills.

Forms of mill

Singularmill /mɪl/
Pluralmills /mɪlz/
Countablecountable

Mills in a sentence

  • Eventually four Dah Sun mills were established, two in Nan-t'ung and one each in Ch'ung-ming and Hai-men, although plans for the founding of mills in Ju-kao, Tung-t'ai, Yen-ch'eng, and elsewhere in Kiangsu were never realized.1965, Samuel C. Chu, Reformer in Mondern China Chang Chien, 1853-1926, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31
  • That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn.2026, Sandi Rosner, “Knudsen Knits: Sourcing & Milling Local Heritage-Breed Wool”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 39
  • In those days, grist mills were powered by water engines, wind engines, or horse engines.From the entry water engine
  • In those days, cotton mills were big business around here, and so was tanning of hides.From the entry big business
  • The supply of timber to the region's mills was lower than expected this month, owing to transport problems posed by wildfires.From the entry supply

Meaning of mill

  1. noun A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.).
  2. noun The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
  3. noun A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.

Full definition of mill

Questions about the plural of mill

What is the plural of mill?
The plural of mill is mills.
Is mill countable?
Mill is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mill (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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