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rice mills

rice mills is the plural of rice mill.

Meaning of rice mill

Noun

rice mill (plural rice mills)

  1. A rice huller, a device for removing the outer husks of raw grains of rice.
    • They are put to in turning of Corne-Mills, Paper-Mills, Gins, Powder-Mills, Rice-Mills,... and such other Machines.1661, Thomas Salusbury translating B. Castellus as "Mensuration of Running Waters" (Ch. 2, p. 61) in Mathematical Collections and Translations, Vol. I
  2. A building housing and powering such a device.
    • Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills...1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, page 121

Questions about rice mills

What is rice mills the plural of?
Rice mills is the plural of rice mill.

Words near rice mills in the dictionary

  1. rice malt
  2. rice malts
  3. rice milk
  4. rice milks
  5. rice mill
  6. rice mills
  7. rice moth
  8. rice moths
  9. rice nigger
  10. rice niggers
  11. rice noodle

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