mill
/mɪl/noun
उच्चारण मिल
चक्की
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Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C]
a building fitted with machinery for grinding grain into flour
चक्की
- a flour mill
- The family-owned mill grinds wheat into flour for the whole neighbourhood.
- Farmers take their wheat to the village mill every week.
+ 2 more examples
- The old water mill still grinds grain.
- She works at the flour mill near the market.
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[C]
a factory that produces a particular type of material
मिल, कारख़ाना
- a cotton mill
- a paper mill
- Thousands of workers once worked in the textile mills of Ahmedabad.
+ 2 more examples
- The paper mill has closed because of rising costs.
- A sugar mill was built next to the cane fields.
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[T] ~ sth
to crush or grind something in a mill
पीसना
- to mill wheat into flour
- Farmers bring their grain to be milled at the small shop near the canal.
- The workers mill the rice and wheat before sending them to market.
+ 2 more examples
- The grain is milled very finely to make white flour.
- They mill spices by hand in the traditional way.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 6
a mill (countable): flour mill, textile mill
A mill is a building with machinery; the first word names what it makes.
'Mill' मशीनों वाला कारखाना है; उससे पहले का शब्द बताता है कि वह क्या बनाता है।
- The flour mill is near the station.
- The textile mills of Ahmedabad were famous.
work in / at a mill
People work in a mill; at the mill gives a place.
लोग mill 'में' काम करते हैं; 'at the mill' स्थान बताता है।
- His father worked in a jute mill for thirty years.
mill sth (verb)
As a verb, mill means to grind or crush: mill wheat into flour.
Verb के रूप में 'mill' का अर्थ पीसना है: mill wheat into flour।
- The grain is milled into fine flour.
mill about / around (phrasal verb)
Mill about means to move in a crowd with no clear aim.
'Mill about' का अर्थ भीड़ में बेमतलब घूमना है।
- Crowds milled about outside the exam hall.
pepper mill / paper mill / watermill
Mill appears in compounds for small grinders and for factories.
'Mill' छोटे grinders और कारखानों के compound शब्दों में आता है।
- Grind some pepper with the pepper mill.
- The paper mill pollutes the river.
mill + owner / worker
Mill often precedes owner or worker to name people connected with the industry.
'Mill' प्रायः owner या worker से पहले आकर उद्योग से जुड़े लोगों को बताता है।
- The mill owner built a school for workers' children.
+Collocations 6
noun + mill
sugar millcotton millrice milljute millsteel milloil mill
- The sugar mill buys cane from nearby farmers.
verb + mill
runcloseset upownwork in
- He set up a small rice mill in his village.
mill + noun
mill ownermill workermill townmill workers' union
- Mill workers went on strike for better pay.
expressions
run of the millgo through the millgrist to the millput through the mill
- The film was merely run of the mill.
type of mill
windmillwatermillflour milltextile mill
- The old watermill still grinds grain.
adjective + mill
oldmodernbusyabandonedfamily-run
- The abandoned mill is now a heritage site.
“More examples 6
- The cotton mill employed thousands of workers in the city.
सूती मिल ने शहर में हज़ारों श्रमिकों को रोज़गार दिया।
- Radhika's grandfather took wheat to the flour mill every month.
राधिका के दादाजी हर महीने गेहूँ आटा चक्की पर ले जाते थे।
- After the interview, the candidates milled around in the corridor.
साक्षात्कार के बाद उम्मीदवार गलियारे में इधर-उधर घूमते रहे।
- The sugar mill closed down after the farmers' protest.
किसानों के विरोध-प्रदर्शन के बाद चीनी मिल बंद हो गई।
- His answer was run-of-the-mill, so it did not impress the board.
उसका उत्तर साधारण था, इसलिए उसने बोर्ड को प्रभावित नहीं किया।
- A new paper mill was approved near the river last year.
पिछले वर्ष नदी के पास एक नई कागज़ मिल को स्वीकृति मिली।
¶Idioms 2
run-of-the-mill
ordinary, with no special features
साधारण, मामूली
- It was a run-of-the-mill film.
go through the mill
to have a difficult time
कठिन दौर से गुज़रना
- She went through the mill before clearing the exam.
→Phrasal verbs 1
mill about/around
(of a lot of people) to move around an area without seeming to be going anywhere in particular
(भीड़ का) बेमक़सद इधर-उधर घूमना
- Crowds were milling around outside the stadium.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Run-of-the-mill (ordinary), go through the mill (have a hard time), grist to the mill (something useful), a millstone round your neck (a heavy burden or responsibility).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: run-of-the-mill (साधारण), go through the mill (कठिन समय से गुज़रना), grist to the mill (उपयोगी चीज़), a millstone round your neck (भारी बोझ या ज़िम्मेदारी)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who owns or works a flour mill is a miller.
आटा चक्की का मालिक या चलाने वाला miller।
General knowledge
India's first cotton mill was set up in Bombay in 1854; Ahmedabad was called the 'Manchester of India' for its textile mills.
भारत की पहली सूती मिल 1854 में बंबई में स्थापित हुई; कपड़ा मिलों के कारण अहमदाबाद को 'भारत का मैनचेस्टर' कहा गया।