# milling

Pronunciation: US say "MIL-ing" /ˈmɪlɪŋ/; UK

## Noun

1. Any of several processes in which material is ground, cut, or shredded by one of the many different kinds of mill.
   - Simple: Any way of grinding, cutting, or tearing up material using some kind of mill.
   - _At the processing plant, milling reduces the crushed ore to a powder fine enough for the gold to be separated._
   - _The shop does milling of every kind, from grinding pigments to shredding old tires._
2. The grinding, cutting, or shredding of grain to produce meal or flour.
   - Simple: The grinding of grain into flour or meal.
   - _The milling of soft wheat yields a fine flour suited to pastry._
   - _Traditional milling at the watermill left the bran in the meal._
3. A machining process in which a rotating cutter is moved along a toolpath to cut away material.
   - Simple: A way of cutting metal or other material with a spinning tool.
   - _Precision milling produced the engine components to tight tolerances._
   - _The shop relies on computer-controlled milling for complex aluminum parts._
5. The ring of fine notches cut around a coin's edge during minting, so any shaving of metal from the rim can be detected.
   - Simple: The small ridges cut around the edge of a coin.
   - _Counterfeit detectors check the milling along each coin's rim._
   - _The old shilling's milling had worn nearly smooth from decades of handling._
6. The circular or random movement of a herd of animals or a crowd of people.
   - Simple: The slow, circling movement of a crowd or a group of animals.
   - _The milling of the herd intensified as the storm drew closer._
   - _Security struggled to control the milling of the festival crowd._
7. The surface or other physical result left on material by a milling process.
   - Simple: The finished surface left on material after it has been milled.
   - _The machinist inspected the milling for tool marks and chatter._
   - _A clean milling on the aluminum told her the cutter was still sharp._
8. The cutting of timber to produce millwork, the finely finished lumber used in building.
   - Simple: The cutting and shaping of wood into finished lumber.
   - _The sawmill's milling produced clean baseboards and window casings._
   - _Fine milling of the cedar yielded molding for the restored porch._

## Verb

4. Present participle and gerund of mill. — present participle and gerund of mill
   - Simple: Present participle of mill. Use this -ing form for action happening right now.
   - _The factory is milling steel blocks into precise components._
   - _They were milling lumber when the power suddenly failed._

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