milling

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milling^¹

/ˈmɪlɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪlɪŋ

noun millings

countable, uncountable Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
countable, uncountable Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
countable, uncountable A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
countable, uncountable The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
countable, uncountable 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.
countable, uncountable A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of mill

Milling^²

proper noun Millings

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: moving, shuffling, sawmill, shredder, sawing, machining, miller, draft, maceration, ore, lumber, grind, grinding, machine, sucker, flour

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@misc{milling_2026,
  title = {milling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}