flour mill

noun

1. a mill for grinding grain into flour.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flour mill¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

The demonstration includes a mini flour mill to grind wheat kernels, an example of a water well, and a piping hot oven.

From Seattle Times

Seeking crops for domestic use and export, Al Dahra farms wheat and barley in Romania, operates a flour mill in Bulgaria, and owns milking cows in Serbia.

From Seattle Times

Phelps Fisher, today a vigorous 90-year-old, worked his way up from the flour mill to chair the board of Fisher Communications.

From Seattle Times

As prices soar, food is scarce and likely to become scarcer still; over the weekend, the country’s largest flour mill was destroyed in fighting.

From New York Times

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the price of the wheat that Julien Bourgeois grinds for boulangeries at his family’s flour mill in central France has increased more than 30 percent.

From New York Times