μύλος — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
μύλος is used for these senses in English:
- cylinder A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
- cylinder The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
- mill The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
cylinder — full definition
- noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
- noun The chamber in an engine in which a piston moves back and forth.
- noun A container shaped like a tube used to hold pressurized gas.
mill — full definition
- noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
- noun A factory that processes a raw material, such as paper, steel, or cloth.
- noun An institution or business that churns out large quantities of something with little regard for quality, often used dismissively.
- verb To grind, cut, or shape material using a mill or milling machine.
- verb Of a crowd, to move around aimlessly or in a disorganised way (usually as "mill about/around").