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Machines For Grinding Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is MILLS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: MILLS

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199%5Exact Match!
235%10 Water-powered grinding machines
335%6Machines for grinding grains

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We think the answer is "MILLS" which means:

    noun
  • • United states architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of washington d.c. (1781-1855)
  • verb
  • • To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
  • • To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
  • • To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
  • • (followed by around, about, etc.) to move about in an aimless fashion.
  • • To cause to mill, or circle around.
  • • (of air-breathing creatures) to swim underwater.
  • • (of a whale) to swim suddenly in a new direction.
  • • To beat; to pound.
  • • To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
  • • To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
  • • To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
  • • To undergo hulling.
  • • To take part in a fistfight; to box.
  • • To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
  • • (thieves' cant) to commit burglary.
  • • (trading card games) to move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
  • • (hearthstone) to destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The noise of the textile mills filled the air in the industrial town."
  • • "The old textile mills have been converted into trendy apartments."

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New York Times13 Feb 1981 Down 21
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