{
    "term": "mill",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/ki/kitchen_crushing_grating_squeezing.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a building fitted with equipment for grinding grain into flour; a machine for grinding grain",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The old mill has been converted into apartments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mill can be seen grinding wheat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river was harnessed to drive many mills."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["corn", "flour", "grain"],
                "verb + mill": ["operate", "convert", "restore"],
                "mill + verb": ["grind something"],
                "mill + noun": ["stone", "wheel"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a factory that produces a particular type of material",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**mill owners/workers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a textile/woollen mill"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a northern mill town"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cotton", "feed", "jute"],
                "verb + mill": ["operate", "own", "run"],
                "mill + verb": ["produce something"],
                "mill + noun": ["town", "buildings", "hand"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small machine for grinding a solid substance into powder",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pepper mill"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have or make somebody have a difficult time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They really put me through the mill in my interview."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something that is useful to somebody for a particular purpose",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪl/",
                "audio": "mi/mill/mill__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪl/",
                "audio": "mi/mill/mill__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’."
}