milling

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ

milling (countable and uncountable, plural millings)

1. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.

   Hypernym: processing

   1. Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
   2. Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
   3. (machining) A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.

      Hypernym: machining

      Coordinate terms: grinding, drilling, turning, boring, broaching, shaping, planing

2. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
   1. The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
3. A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

milling

1. present participle and gerund of mill

• gin mill, ginmill