| grinder | | |
| n. (food) | 1. bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. |
| ~ sandwich | two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them. |
| n. (body) | 2. grinder, molar | grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars. |
| ~ tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense. |
| ~ wisdom tooth | any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. grinder, mill, milling machinery | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing. |
| ~ cider mill | mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider. |
| ~ coffee grinder, coffee mill | a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans. |
| ~ flour mill | a mill for grinding grain into flour. |
| ~ gristmill | a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain). |
| ~ machinery | machines or machine systems collectively. |
| ~ meat grinder | a mill for grinding meat. |
| ~ pepper grinder, pepper mill | a mill for grinding pepper. |
| ~ quern | a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand. |
| ~ spicemill | a mill for grinding spices. |
| ~ tread-wheel, treadwheel, treadmill | a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps. |
| ~ water mill | a mill powered by a water wheel. |
| ~ windmill | a mill that is powered by the wind. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. grinder | a machine tool that polishes metal. |
| ~ emery wheel, grinding wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding. |
| ~ machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials. |
| grindstone | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. grindstone | a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools. |
| ~ sharpener | any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper.; "a knife sharpener" |
| ~ stone | building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose.; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" |
| mill | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing. |
| ~ assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product. |
| ~ auto factory, automobile factory, car factory | a factory where automobiles are manufactured. |
| ~ cannery | a factory where food is canned. |
| ~ chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced. |
| ~ closed-circuit television | a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater). |
| ~ conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter | a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory). |
| ~ foundry, metalworks | factory where metal castings are produced. |
| ~ lumbermill, sawmill | a mill for dressing logs and lumber. |
| ~ paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured. |
| ~ industrial plant, plant, works | buildings for carrying on industrial labor.; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" |
| ~ assembly line, production line, line | mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it. |
| ~ shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines.; "the productive work is done on the shop floor" |
| ~ stamp mill, stamping mill | a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps. |
| ~ steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks | a factory where steel is made. |
| ~ sweatshop | factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry. |
| ~ textile mill | a factory for making textiles. |
| ~ uptime | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use. |
| n. (person) | 2. james mill, mill | Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836). |
| ~ philosopher | a specialist in philosophy. |
| n. (person) | 3. john mill, john stuart mill, mill | English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873). |
| ~ economic expert, economist | an expert in the science of economics. |
| ~ philosopher | a specialist in philosophy. |
| n. (act) | 4. grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization | the act of grinding to a powder or dust. |
| ~ compaction, crunch, crush | the act of crushing. |
| v. (motion) | 5. mill, mill about, mill around | move about in a confused manner. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (change) | 6. mill | grind with a mill.; "mill grain" |
| ~ comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
| v. (contact) | 7. mill | produce a ridge around the edge of.; "mill a coin" |
| ~ groove | make a groove in, or provide with a groove.; "groove a vinyl record" |
| v. (contact) | 8. mill | roll out (metal) with a rolling machine. |
| ~ roll out, roll | flatten or spread with a roller.; "roll out the paper" |
| gale | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. gale | a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale. |
| ~ moderate gale, near gale | wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale. |
| ~ fresh gale | wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale. |
| ~ strong gale | wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale. |
| ~ whole gale | wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale. |
| ~ air current, current of air, wind | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
| grind | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dweeb, grind, nerd, swot, wonk | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. |
| ~ assimilator, learner, scholar | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. grind | the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground.; "a coarse grind of coffee" |
| ~ degree, level, grade | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" |
| n. (act) | 3. donkeywork, drudgery, grind, plodding | hard monotonous routine work. |
| ~ toil, labor, labour | productive work (especially physical work done for wages).; "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
| v. (contact) | 4. cranch, craunch, crunch, grind | press or grind with a crushing noise. |
| ~ press | exert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" |
| v. (contact) | 5. grate, grind | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.; "grate one's teeth in anger" |
| ~ gnash | grind together, of teeth. |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| ~ chew, manducate, masticate, jaw | chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| v. (social) | 6. dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail | work hard.; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (motion) | 7. grind | dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced. |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| v. (change) | 8. bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
| ~ pulp | reduce to pulp.; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" |
| ~ pestle | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.; "pestle the garlic" |
| ~ mill | grind with a mill.; "mill grain" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| v. (creation) | 9. grind | created by grinding.; "grind designs into the glass bowl" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (creation) | 10. grind | shape or form by grinding.; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| mill | | |
Recent comments
2 weeks 1 day ago
3 weeks 1 day ago
3 weeks 6 days ago
4 weeks 3 hours ago
8 weeks 3 days ago
23 weeks 6 days ago
30 weeks 4 days ago
43 weeks 5 days ago
46 weeks 5 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago