rod mill

noun

1. Metalworking. a mill for making metal rods.
2. a mill for grinding ore or the like by means of steel rods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rod mill¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

British Steel has announced a £50m upgrade of its Scunthorpe rod mill.

From BBC

The company said it will consider whether to build a planned $45 million aluminum rod mill in an unspecified neighboring state instead of Missouri.

From Washington Times

Now WPD has sold the site to Celsa, the company which runs the rod mill in Cardiff Bay.

From BBC

Thus the small mill at Newburg grew from the capacity of turning out thirty tons of re-rolled rails to its present capacity of sixty tons, beside the addition of a puddling mill, a merchant bar mill, a wire rod mill, two blast furnaces, spike, nut and bolt works.

From Project Gutenberg