| manufacturer | | |
| n. (group) | 1. maker, manufacturer, manufacturing business | a business engaged in manufacturing some product. |
| ~ business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
| ~ armorer, armourer | a manufacturer of firearms. |
| ~ bottler | a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages. |
| ~ auto maker, auto manufacturer, automaker, car maker, car manufacturer, carmaker | a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles. |
| ~ computer business | a business that manufactures and sells computers. |
| n. (person) | 2. manufacturer, producer | someone who manufactures something. |
| ~ arms manufacturer | someone who manufactures arms and munitions. |
| ~ brewer | the owner or manager of a brewery. |
| ~ distiller | someone who distills alcoholic liquors. |
| ~ food manufacturer | a person who manufactures food products. |
| ~ maker, shaper | a person who makes things. |
| ~ sericulturist | a producer of raw silk. |
| ~ cyrus hall mccormick, cyrus mccormick, mccormick | United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884). |
| ~ john mercer, mercer | British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866). |
| ~ isaac m. singer, isaac merrit singer, singer | United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875). |
| ~ eli whitney, whitney | United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825). |
| 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. (artifact) | 4. 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. (act) | 5. grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization | the act of grinding to a powder or dust. |
| ~ compaction, crunch, crush | the act of crushing. |
| v. (motion) | 6. 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) | 7. 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) | 8. 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) | 9. mill | roll out (metal) with a rolling machine. |
| ~ roll out, roll | flatten or spread with a roller.; "roll out the paper" |
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