papirmølle — meaning in English
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English meaning
- mill noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
Senses
papirmølle is used for these senses in English:
- mill (figurative, usually, derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
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").