mill

usine

Usine où des machines produisent des matières comme le papier, l’acier ou le tissu.

En anglais simple : A factory where machines produce materials such as paper, steel, or cloth.

• The mill produces paper.
• Steel from this mill is used to build bridges.
• Many textile mills once operated in this region.

Synonymes : factory, plant

Expressions courantes : steel mill, textile mill, paper mill

moulin, broyeur

Machine qui réduit les céréales, le poivre ou d’autres matières en petits morceaux ou en poudre.

En anglais simple : A machine that crushes grain, pepper, or other materials into small pieces or powder.

• Pass me the pepper mill.
• This mill grinds grain into flour.
• She bought two wooden mills for salt and pepper.

Synonymes : grinder

Expressions courantes : pepper mill, coffee mill, hand mill

moulin, manufacture

Bâtiment contenant des machines qui broient les céréales ou travaillent des matières comme le tissu.

En anglais simple : A building containing machines that grind grain or process materials such as cloth.

• They took the wheat to the mill.
• The old mill used water to turn its wheel.
• Two former textile mills now house museums.

Expressions courantes : flour mill, water mill, old mill

moudre, usiner

Broyer des céréales avec une machine ou travailler une autre matière avec un outil rotatif.

En anglais simple : To use a machine to crush grain or process another material.

• We mill our own wheat.
• The grain was milled into flour.
• This machine can mill metal as well as wood.

Comment l'utiliser : mill something into something (They mill the wheat into fine flour.)

Synonymes : grind, process

Expressions courantes : mill grain, mill wheat, mill grain into flour

déambuler, errer

Se déplacer sans but précis, souvent au milieu d’un groupe.

En anglais simple : To move around without a clear purpose, often as part of a group.

• People mill around the entrance.
• Guests milled about in the hotel lobby.
• Why is that crowd milling around outside?

Comment l'utiliser : mill around/about (People milled around while waiting for the doors to open.)

Synonymes : wander, drift about

Expressions courantes : mill around, mill about, mill around something

faire tourner

Faire se déplacer des animaux en cercle.

En anglais simple : To make animals move around in a circle.

• The riders mill the cattle.
• They milled the herd into a tight circle.
• The rancher asked us to mill the horses.

Expressions courantes : mill cattle, mill the herd