Mills

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /mɪlz/

Definitions

1. Devices equipped to grind grain into flour or crush other materials ; buildings or complexes where goods are manufactured or processed ; a traditional game played on a board with the aim of forming rows of three pieces
2. Mechanical apparatus used to reduce substances to smaller particles or powder ; industrial sites dedicated to large-scale production of items ; a strategic board game involving moving pieces to create aligned sets
3. Tools designed to pulverize or shred raw materials ; establishments where raw materials are transformed into finished products ; a classic two-player game focused on forming lines of three markers

Etymology: "Mills" is the plural of "mill", which came into English from Old English "mylen", borrowed from Late Latin "molina", a derivative of Latin "molere", "to grind." The grinding machine and the game share this root, but the plural can also name a unit of currency: a mill, a tenth of a cent, is clipped from "million" by way of "millimetre".

Synonyms: factories, plants, workshops